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 ...

Whatever else you do to secure a Linux system, it must have comprehensive, accurate and carefully watched logs. Logs serve several purposes. First, they help us troubleshoot virtually all kinds of ...

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 ...

Maintaining system performance and guaranteeing security depend on good log management. Centralizing, sorting, and analyzing log data from many devices and applications across a network greatly ...

Linux systems maintain quite a collection of log files, many of which you are probably rarely tempted to view. Some of these log files are quite valuable, though, and options for exploring them might ...

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 ...

Syslog messages circulate around your network and provide valuable information for system monitoring. You don't have to pay anything for this information if you use a free Syslog server. The Syslog ...

Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...

ITworld.com – Many systems administrators have run into errors in their syslog files that complain that mail is looping back, suggesting a possible MX problem. The common cause of this problem is that ...

Graylog makes it easy to send syslog information from clients to the hosting server. Jack Wallen shows you how. UK Police Convicts Pair in £5.5 Billion Bitcoin Launder Case Blackpoint Cyber vs. Arctic ...