The syslog deamon (syslogd) on Unix systems provides message logging for other services so that each service doesn’t have to duplicate the same basic functionality to manage logging for itself. The ...

Maintaining system performance and guaranteeing security depend on good log management. Centralizing, sorting, and analyzing log data from many devices and applications across a network greatly ...

I’m attending a fantastic session at LinuxWorld today titled “Working with Log Files.” The session is being run by Mark Cohen (Quote.com, LookSmart, Penquin Computing) and Patrick McGovern ...

I have a need to filter and redirect certain syslog messages to specific files based on message content. The first match I need was easy, since it actually ...