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Quiz: Describing System Log Architecture

Choose the correct answer to the following questions:

  1. 1.

    Which of these log files stores most syslog messages, with the exception of those that are related to authentication, mail, scheduled jobs, and debugging?

    A

    /var/log/maillog

    B

    /var/log/boot.log

    C

    /var/log/messages

    D

    /var/log/secure

  2. 2.

    Which log file stores syslog messages related to security and authentication operations in the system?

    A

    /var/log/maillog

    B

    /var/log/boot.log

    C

    /var/log/messages

    D

    /var/log/secure

  3. 3.

    Which service sorts and organizes syslog messages into files in /var/log?

    A

    rsyslog

    B

    systemd-journald

    C

    auditd

    D

    tuned

  4. 4.

    Which directory accommodates the human-readable syslog files?

    A

    /sys/kernel/debug

    B

    /var/log/journal

    C

    /run/log/journal

    D

    /var/log

  5. 5.

    Which file stores syslog messages related to the mail server?

    A

    /var/log/lastlog

    B

    /var/log/maillog

    C

    /var/log/tallylog

    D

    /var/log/boot.log

  6. 6.

    Which file stores syslog messages related to the scheduled jobs?

    A

    /var/log/cron

    B

    /var/log/tallylog

    C

    /var/log/spooler

    D

    /var/log/secure

  7. 7.

    What file stores console messages related to system startup?

    A

    /var/log/messages

    B

    /var/log/cron

    C

    /var/log/boot.log

    D

    /var/log/secure

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