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Old 10-21-2010, 12:31 AM   #1
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How to enable system logging in linux


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How to enable system logging in linux. can i check the logfile remotely of another system on same network
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Old 10-21-2010, 12:42 AM   #2
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By default almost all logfiles are located under /var/log directory (and subdirectory). You can change to this directory using cd command but you need to be the root user. You can use less, more, cat or tail command to see the logs.

Go to /var/logs directory:# cd /var/logsView common log file /var/log/messages using any one of the following command:# tail -f /var/log/messages

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# less /var/log/messages
# more -f /var/log/messages
# tail /var/log/messages
You can set Up A Central Syslog Server, check the logfile remotely of another system on same network, as mentioned in this links:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Setti...er-44063.shtml

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Setti...er-44063.shtml
 
Old 10-22-2010, 09:25 AM   #3
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client side:vim /etc/syslog.conf

write in the bottom

*.* @server ip

Server side : vim /etc/sysconfig/syslog

SYSLOGD_OPTIONS=" -r -m 0"
 
  


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