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Event logging service/tool for Fedora Linux
Is there a background program for Fedora/Linux that keeps track of (important) events (like startup and shutdown time)?
Also interested in GUI tools.
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IN which file error gets stored if installation of anything fails
I was installing some software on my linux system and then i get long list of errors.
Now i can go up and see when did it starts so i want to know the log file where the full error gets stored so that ...
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Is it possible to log all files that are executed in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I log all process launches in Linux
I would like to be able to log all the files that are executed on my system, so I can see later in a log which files have been ...
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Linux log files - why did my server go down?
When I got home, my server was hung in the BIOS boot process - the system had restarted for some reason.
The last log entry in /var/log/messages relates a DHCP renewal request - there's nothing ...
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Linux - some way to keep a live-updating log file open in terminal?
This must've been done before: I want to keep a log file open in terminal so I can monitor updates to it as they occur. My searches are coming up with everything but this situation... I must be ...
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Program Writes to /opt/.../logs - Need a Way to write to /home/<user>/<program>/logs - Linux
I work for a small software company. We have a product that by default writes to a logs directory inside the installation directory (I know, this may not be the best way, but it's fixed as of now): /...
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Pipe kernel messages to another process as they occur
I have an OLED screen on my laptop that I have configured to show status information. The current driver I have installed in Linux for it is able to display messages by sending them to a script as an ...
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Log what time hibernation occurred?
Fedora 14 xfce
I am looking for the log messages where I can find out what time my netbook hibernated?
I have checked in the /var/log. And all I could see was pm-suspend.log and pm-powersave.log.
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hidden file consuming disk space
The following file is consuming a lot of disk space. Can I remove this file?
/opt/wlt-tomcat/logs/.catalina.out.swp
What this file is used for?
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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]
Possible Duplicate:
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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Writing a CPU/RAM usage log over a period of time to file on CentOS
I'm looking for an application or line of code that would let me observe a process, save the info in a number of variables, then put the gathered info on a file.
I've been trying with variations of ...
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How can I get log messages from the LAMP server on Ubuntu 10.04?
How can I get log messages from the LAMP server on Ubuntu 10.04?
Should I install some good program on Ubuntu for that purpose?
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Where to find Ubuntu One logs
Ubuntu one does not synchronize files since I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04. The preferences panel keeps showing "Synchronization in progress...", but files are not downloaded from the repository. It ...
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How to print Linux command output to a file?
I am creating a script to sync my important documents between two system. I want my script to generate a log file for the last action. can you suggest me a way to achieve this.
Question: If I execute ...
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Name of log file where boot process is logged
I'm using CentOS 5.3. After booting up, where can I find the log file that contains if all services where successfully loaded or not?
For example when computer boots you get a list of start services ...
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How does one look at the 'kernel log' in fedora linux
I have just installed fedora 12 linux on my dell Gx2600 pc
every so often the pc hangs - screen goes blank & usb keyboard stops working.
Question:
is there a place were the kernel logs problems ...
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Ubuntu: Application history in gtkwm/gdm?
Is there some way I can track all applications that were opened by a user during a gnome session in ubuntu?
Do gdm/gtkwm keep a history of all applications that were opened in some log file?
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Text / log editor with auto-refresh support [closed]
I'm looking for a text editor / log manager of some kind that will automatically refresh a file's contents when it changes.
I have a single target log file (e.g. current.log) that is overwritten ...
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Where can I find a complete list of all the logs in the system?
I'd like to learn more about forensic analysis, and I'm trying to do the challenges from Project Honeynet. I need to check the logfiles and find the IP's that connected remotely to the computer. I ...
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How to change log level in /var/log/messages?
I'm running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, SP2 (SLES10 SP2), and am seeing a large number of what support calls cosmetic errors being logged to /var/log/messages.
Does anyone know of a way to ...
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