Review Logs Regularly Move logs in dedicated log server, this may prevents intruders to easily modify local logs. Below are the Common Linux default log files name and their usage: /var/log/message – Where whole system logs or current activity logs are available. /var/log/auth.log – Authentication logs. /var/log/kern.log – Kernel logs. /var/log/cron.log – Crond logs (cron … Continue reading logs
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Log-Rotation
Managing log files effectively is an essential task for Linux sysadmin. Rotate the log file when file size reaches a specific size Continue to write the log information to the newly created file after rotating the old log file Compress the rotated log files Specify compression option for the rotated log files Rotate the old … Continue reading Log-Rotation
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