Q. I am new to Linux and I would like to know
where are the log files located under Debian or Cento OS Linux server? How do I
open or view log files?
Ans. Almost all logfiles
are located under /var/log directory (and subdirectory). You can change to this
directory using cd command but you need to be the root user. You can use less,
more, cat or tail command to see the logs.
Go to /var/logs
directory:
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
How do I rotate log files?
Q. How do I rotate log files under Linux operating system?
A. You need use tool called logrotate, which is
designed to ease administration of systems that generate large numbers of log
files. It allows automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log
files.
Each
log file may be handled daily, weekly, monthly, or when it grows too large.
With this tool you keep logs longer with less disk space.
Default configuration...
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