Logviewers

w0lv3rin3 · 02-10-2007, 05:18 AM

what is a very very good log viewer to check all of my logs, keep them organized so when I check up on my system to see what's going on.

Im running Slackware 11.0

MS3FGX · 02-10-2007, 10:08 PM

You don't need a "viewer" as such. The logs are just text files, you can view them with any program that can display a normal text file.

That said, there are probably programs out there to aid in the viewing of log files (maybe even something in X), but I have never actually seen or used one.

gilead · 02-10-2007, 10:31 PM

Logwatch provides a summary of your logs and emails you the results. awstats provides a web page summary of your log files for http/ftp/mail servers.

syg00 · 02-10-2007, 10:34 PM

Root-tail ???.

w0lv3rin3 · 02-10-2007, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilead

Logwatch provides a summary of your logs and emails you the results. awstats provides a web page summary of your log files for http/ftp/mail servers.

I went to http://www2.logwatch.org:81/ d/l it, installed it, but when I type in logwatch I receive: -bash: logwatch: command not found

how what's am I doing wrong?

gilead · 02-11-2007, 12:54 PM

I don't run it from the command line - I run it out of cron, so there's a link /etc/cron.daily/logwatch.pl -> /etc/log.d/scripts/logwatch.pl.

How did you install it? The README file with my version says:

Code:

How do I install it?

Simply make a directory (such as the default of /etc/log.d) and copy the
scripts, conf, and lib directories into that directory.  Edit logwatch.pl and
set the directory at the top of the script.  Edit conf/logwatch.conf and modify
any settings as needed.  Add a cron entry to run on a daily basis
(/usr/sbin/logwatch, for example).