With the ARRL Field Day just around the corner, I decided, in the spirit of my own Linux Odyssey that I should find and use a new logging program. It is the search for this program that prompted these ...

Logs, databases, and caches grow under /var. Learn why Linux admins monitor the /var directory to prevent disk issues and ...

How to use syslog-ng to collect logs from remote Linux machines Your email has been sent Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a centralized Linux log server using syslog-ng. Let’s ...

In a column about syslog [see “syslog Configuration” in the December 2001 issue of LJ] I mentioned “stealth logging”--by running your central log server without an IP address, you can hide your ...

How to monitor a Linux log file in real time Your email has been sent This must-know Linux command will make troubleshooting considerably easier. Quick: What’s the first thing you do when you need to ...