Log files are a critical part of any Linux administrator's job. They enable sysadmins to detect failed hardware, misconfigured services and other indicators of a problem. Today's network environments ...
In a column about syslog [see “syslog Configuration” in the December 2001 issue of LJ] I mentioned “stealth logging”--by running your central log server without an IP address, you can hide your ...
Operating systems, applications, and network devices generate text messages of the events that happen to them: a user logs in, a file is created, a network connection is opened to a remote host, etc.