Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a centralized Linux log server using syslog-ng. Let’s say your data center is filled with Linux servers and you need to administer them all.

A centralized syslog server was one of the first true SysAdmin tasks that I was given as a Linux Administrator way back in 1997. My boss at the time wanted to pull in log files from various appliances ...

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 ...

Logging can be incredibly useful but massively annoying to administer. When something goes wrong, logs are crucial to troubleshooting, especially in security-related issues. But if an attacker ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you really want to see what's happening beneath the hood of your Linux distribution, you need to use log files. Log files. They’re there for a reason — to keep track of what goes on behind the ...