Linux log files that are located under /var/log directory

/etc/rsyslog.conf is the configuration file using to manage the log file to write in the /var/log/*.log respective log files. [student@workstation ~]$ cat /etc/rsyslog.conf | grep -v “#” global(workDirectory=”/var/lib/rsyslog”) module(load=”builtin:omfile” Template=”RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat”) include(file=”/etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf” mode=”optional”) *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages authpriv.* /var/log/secure mail.* -/var/log/maillog cron.* /var/log/cron Read More …