Friday, January 13, 2012

Common Linux log files name and usage


/var/log/message Generalmessageandsystemrelatedstuff
/var/log/auth.log Authenicationlogs
/var/log/kern.log Kernellogs
/var/log/cron.log Crondlogs(cronjob)
/var/log/maillog Mailserverlogs
/var/log/qmail/ Qmaillogdirectory(morefilesinsidethisdirectory)
/var/log/httpd/ Apacheaccessanderrorlogsdirectory
/var/log/lighttpd Lighttpdaccessanderrorlogsdirectory
/var/log/boot.log Systembootlog
/var/log/mysqld.log MySQLdatabaseserverlogfile
/var/log/secure Authenticationlog
/var/log/yum.log Yumlogfiles
/var/log/utmp Loginrecordsfile
/var/log/wtmp

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