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logrotate configuration file syntax - multiple wildcard entries possible?
Since the man page doesn't answer my question and I don't want to force a rotation cycle, I decided to ask the question here.
The man page for logrotate gives the following example:
"/var/log/...
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syslog facilities
I have an application (in java) running in a Windows PC and I want to send logging messages to a syslog server running in a Linux box somewhere in the network.
The problem I have is, that it is not ...
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Is there a way to globally specify where Unison should log?
I'd really like to have Unison log only to a specific file for ALL of my profiles. I have a number of different profiles, 3 local ones, and one remote one (my laptop syncs with this computer to keep ...
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OpenWrt logging: how to find out "wifi deauthentication"
If someone starts to use the wifi, i can see that with logread:
Jan 23 21:04:47 router daemon.info hostapd: wlan0: STA XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX IEEE 802.11: authenticated
But how can i see, that he/she's ...
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Linux command line utility for watching log files live?
What's a good linux command line utility for watching a log file live? It's probably obvious but I totally forgot it.
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How do I log file system read/writes by filename in Linux?
I'm looking for a simple method that will log file system operations. It should display the name of the file being accessed or modified.
I'm familiar with powertop, and it appears this works to an ...
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How do I find out when and by whom a particular user was deleted in linux?
I've recently ran into a very odd occurrence on one system I'm using. For no apparent reason, my user account was deleted, although the home directory is still there.
I have root access, so I can ...
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Linux: Tool to monitor every process, execute-command, shortly, monitor what's happening at the moment [duplicate]
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How can I log all process launches in Linux
Hello,
due to a freeze problem of my Ubuntu 10.10 (it is not isolatable) I though about logging every executable of the kernel ...
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How can I log all process launches in Linux?
I would like to get a log of all processes that are launched with the time that they were launched and the arguments they were launched with. Is this possible in Linux?
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Specify top's screen width in batch mode
I am logging the output of: top -b -n1 -c so I can keep track of which processes are using how much memory and CPU each minute. When top shows the full command line (-c), the command line text gets ...
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Check log messages for file system errors
Fedora 13
kernal 2.6.34.6-54.fc13.i686
HP Notebook dv6000 4 years old
I have been having a problem starting my notebook. I get the BIOS screen. But before I get to the GRUB loader menu option....
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Where Linux places the messages of boot?
I want to find place to where Linux writes all boot messages. You know:
facility one [STARTED]
facility two [STARTED]
facility three [FAILED]
I searched with
find . -print0 | xargs -0 grep -...
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access windows log files from linux
I'm trying to remotely access windows log files from linux.
So far I've found two different approaches.
Install syslog server on windows machine and let windows send log files to linux, read those ...
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What does logger -f filename do?
The man page is ambiguously worded:
-f file Log the specified file.
There's one example in the man page with no further explanation:
logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc
POSIX is no ...
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Walk me through the Linux log files (please)
I just tried loading a 2MB file in gedit and it silently died on me. I was wondering if anything might appear in a log file that might help me diagnose this: I checked syslog and found out it ...
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