On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:14:42 -0500
Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> 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...
> 
> 

You can always install syslog-ng, which will replace rsyslog, and which
I believe is Gentoo default.

-- 
Marko Ranđelović, Niš, Serbia
marko...@eunet.rs
http://markorandjelovic.hopto.org


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