On Wednesday 15 January 2014 04:44 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > Hi all, > > I understand and agree with the argument for having separate logs for > different services, as it makes troubleshooting individual servcies much > easier - in most cases. > > However, I also would like to have *one* log that *everything* goes to, > because in many cases it makes it much easier to see at a glance if > there is a problem - at least on systems that aren't extraordinarily busy. > > So, does debian have a single log (in gentoo, everything is logged to > /var/log/messages, then you can also send individual services to > separate logs as well)? > > The reason I'm asking is, I can't seem to find where sshd is logging > (I'm having someone remote in and help me with something, but can't find > any record of him having been there yesterday)... > > Appreciate any pointers... > > Hi,
/etc/rsyslog.conf defines where the various messages are logged to. rsyslog.conf has an excellent manpage. Sincerely, Kailash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52d672ed.3010...@gmail.com
