The syslog deamon (syslogd) on Unix systems provides message logging for other services so that each service doesn’t have to duplicate the same basic functionality to manage logging for itself. The ...

I’m attending a fantastic session at LinuxWorld today titled “Working with Log Files.” The session is being run by Mark Cohen (Quote.com, LookSmart, Penquin Computing) and Patrick McGovern ...

I have a cisco PIX firewall that was set up to send syslog messages to a Solaris box.<BR>I think the relevant lin in /etc/syslog.conf is the following:<BR><BR>local6 ...

Writing some messages to multiple locations is a pretty normal thing in all UNIX / Linux syslog configurations, so I would just leave it alone. You're not going to gain much of anything for all the ...

Log files on Linux systems contain a LOT of information — more than you'll ever have time to view. Here are some tips on how you can make use of it without ... drowning in it. Managing log files on ...

The fuser (pronounced “ef-user”) command is a very handy command for determining who is currently using a particular file or directory. If one user can’t access a file because another user has it ...