[SOLVED] log files

Art McClure · 04-15-2012, 02:13 PM

I know logrotate and /var, but is there a program that lets you look at the system log files with some kind of organization? I always seem to want to look for more info. Every once in a while my system will crash and I try to look for reasons, but I feel that I'm not looking in the right place.

TommyC7 · 04-15-2012, 04:11 PM

Perhaps you just need to get familiar with which log logs what, then you can use text-editing tools to find what you need. A few important ones to get familiar with are awk, sed and grep.

Art McClure · 04-16-2012, 07:28 AM

I'm familiar with awk, grep, and sed. I do need to learn what log file logs what. But I'm also lazy. I have a number of different distros and sometimes I spend more time administering them than actually using them. Sorta like helicopters. I was looking for a program like "webmin" but for system administration. Anybody know of one?

catkin · 04-16-2012, 09:49 AM

You might like logcheck and logwatch. If nothing else they will hone your regex skills

Art McClure · 04-17-2012, 08:27 AM

Thanks to all. I'm going to take your advice, catkin and TommyC7, and learn more about my system. I'm gonna close this thread.