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Using and Administering Linux: Volume 2: Zero to SysAdmin: Advanced Topics

Name: Using and Administering Linux: Volume 2: Zero to SysAdmin: Advanced Topics
Author: David Both
ISBN: 9781484296158

by David Both

September 2023

Intermediate to advanced

813 pages

21h 16m

English

Apress

Content preview from Using and Administering Linux: Volume 2: Zero to SysAdmin: Advanced Topics

D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 2https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9615-8_39

39. Using Traditional Logs

David Both¹

(1)

Raleigh, NC, USA

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

To use traditional log files to monitor system performance and events
To configure and use logrotate to manage log files
To configure and use logwatch to provide a daily summary of log and journal entries for use in problem determination
To install and use the Sendmail mail transfer agent (MTA) and the mailx text-mode email client to test logwatch

About Traditional Logs

Traditional logs are no longer needed because of the systemd journal we have already covered ...

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