Re: Log Viewing And Sizes Of Logs

From: CabloGoobla (noreply_at_all.plop)
Date: 05/23/04

  • Next message: Slashdot: "Re: Does Lexmark Z605 printer work in Red Hat?" 
    Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 11:07:00 +0100

    On Sun, 23 May 2004 09:11:09 +0000, Matt_left_coast wrote:

    > CabloGoobla wrote:
    >
    >> Hello,
    >>
    >> Everyday I check the logs from my mail server. To do this, I ssh over to
    >> the server, 'su -' to root and 'cp' the 'maillog' to a user directory. I
    >> log out from the ssh connection, and then FTP the copied 'maillog' back to
    >> my machine here. After opening up 'redhat-logviewer', I change the
    >> location of the mail log to that of the freshly copied 'maillog' from my
    >> mail server, and view it that way.
    >>
    >> I don't mind doing this, as it only takes a few minutes to do, but I was
    >> wondering if there was a quicker way. I have tried ssh'ing into the mail
    >> server, rooting, copying the 'maillog' over to a home directory, and using
    >> 'vim' to view it. However, I find it much easier to read using
    >> 'redhat-logviewer'. How do you guys/gals do it ?
    >>
    >
    > Maybe you could edit syslog.conf to have the the messages sent to your
    > "machine here".
    >
    > `man syslog.conf`

    Thanks very much for that, good idea.

    Regards,

    CB.

  • Next message: Slashdot: "Re: Does Lexmark Z605 printer work in Red Hat?"

    Relevant Pages

    • Log Viewing And Sizes Of Logs
      ... Everyday I check the logs from my mail server. ... log out from the ssh connection, and then FTP the copied 'maillog' back to ... After opening up 'redhat-logviewer', I change the ...
      (alt.os.linux.redhat)
    • Re: Log Viewing And Sizes Of Logs
      ... CabloGoobla wrote: ... > Everyday I check the logs from my mail server. ... > log out from the ssh connection, and then FTP the copied 'maillog' back to ...
      (alt.os.linux.redhat)
    • Re: Configuring E-mail Services on a Standalone Wkst
      ... > entered the appropriate mail server name, saved the file and rebuilt it. ... I successfully use vi to edit my sendmail .mc file. ...
      (freebsd-questions)
    • Re: Word to the wise about SORBS...
      ... On 08/06/06 16:10, Michael Heiming wrote: ... My users have a unix account on the mail server so they can edit their ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file. ...
      (comp.mail.sendmail)
    • Re: MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN ?
      ... > I have been getting a lot of these in my maillog, ... > during connection to MTA ... This means somebody from the internet is able to contact your mail server. ...
      (comp.os.linux.security)