>Wesley Jay Deypalan wrote: >> im just new to linux, i would like to if debian linux has a program similar >> to windows nt event viewer. i have seen that program in corel linux but i >> heard corel linux is mostly for desktop only, we would like it to be server. >> your help is greatly appreciated.
ktb wrote: > I've never seen "event viewer" but did a quick look on the web and it > looks like a logging tool. If that is the case, yes debian has syslog. > sysklogd is the actual daemon that runs. Type "man sysklogd" into > your favorite search engine and you should come up with enough info to > give you a basic idea. If I were you I would install debian > without any graphical interface and start playing with it, until you > become familiar enough to administer it. To cover a few basics, the logfiles mostly live in /var/log, and are "rotated" into gzipped archives on (usually) a daily basis, with a week's worth around at any point. When something goes wrong, the debugging process almost always starts with "ls -lrt /var/log/" and "tail -f /var/log/<whatever>log" (you can read them without being root if you're in the "adm" group). I don't know of any good GUI logfile-readers, but anyway I wouldn't swap one for what I have got - the package "logcheck", which monitors the logs for anomalies and mails me regular "edited highlights". -- Justin B Rye - writing from but not for Datacash Ltd
