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Quiz: System Logging Components

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/var/log/secure
/var/log/messages
/var/log
/var/log/maillog
/var/log/boot.log
/var/log/cron
  • PurposeLog file
    Most syslog messages are logged here. The exceptions are messages related to authentication, email processing, and that periodically run jobs, or those which are purely debugging-related.
    /var/log/messages
    The log file for security and authentication-related messages and errors.
    /var/log/secure
    The directory to which rsyslog is writing all the log files.
    /var/log
    The log file with mail server-related messages.
    /var/log/maillog
    The log file related to periodically executed tasks.
    /var/log/cron
    Messages related to system startup are logged here.
    /var/log/boot.log
  • Revision: rh124-7-1b00421