Peter Merchant wrote: > I just came across the following: > > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LPI_Linux_Certification/Junior_Level_Linux_Professional > > As a relatively new user, I have discovered that (most) of the logfiles > of activity are in /var/log, and I was wondering how I use them to check > up on my system. > > Still wondering, but in researching I came across this. Hope it helps > someone.
That looks like an interesting find Peter, thanks for the link. I guess the question I would ask you is what are you looking to check on your system? I tend to dive into /var/log when there is something specifically wrong and I am working on diagnosing the issue, but don't feel the need to monitor anything in there as a rule. If you have a intermittent issue that pops a specific error message into a log file when it manifests, then I guess you could script something to poll the log file periodically and let you know when it appears. If however you want real-time monitoring of your system for the availability of certain resources or services then I would look to something like Awstats [1], although that's not trivial to set up properly and probably overkill for a desktop machine. Sean [1] http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, 2009-06-03 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
