Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-09 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 09:02:12AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 02:38:21PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > It's a shell feature: if you do "set -x" in a shell script, all the > > commands in the current shell get transcribed

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-09 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 02:38:21PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > It's a shell feature: if you do "set -x" in a shell script, all the > commands in the current shell get transcribed (to stdout, I think). To stderr by default, but bash lets you set the BASH_XTRACEFD variable to send it elsewhere.

Debian-installer writes /dev/ references in grub.cfg, was Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread David Wright
On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > My current problem is finding the appropriate logs to document the > details behind my addendum to Bug 852323. Looking at the grub.cfg written by stretch's d-i RC3, it appears to write linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-2-686 root=

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread David Wright
On Sun 08 Oct 2017 at 07:31:23 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/07/2017 03:01 PM, David Wright wrote: > >On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > >>[snip] > >> > >>I have a hypothesis, but I need to have facts to back it up. > >>Specifically: > >>1. During the installat

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/08/2017 09:40 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 08:58:11AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/08/2017 07:38 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 07:31:23AM -0500,

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 08:58:11AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/08/2017 07:38 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 07:31:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > >In a

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/08/2017 07:38 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 07:31:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/07/2017 03:01 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: [...] No idea about the oth

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/07/2017 03:01 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] I have a hypothesis, but I need to have facts to back it up. Specifically: 1. During the installation process I need to inventory when and "as what" various USB devices are recogn

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Oct 08, 2017 at 07:31:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/07/2017 03:01 PM, David Wright wrote: > >On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: [...] No idea about the other things, but: > I don't understand. > Accordi

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/07/2017 03:01 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: [snip] I have a hypothesis, but I need to have facts to back it up. Specifically: 1. During the installation process I need to inventory when and "as what" various USB devices are recogn

Re: Log files: location and description

2017-10-07 Thread David Wright
On Sat 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36:37 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm looking for a comprehensive catalog of log files giving > location, name, and one line description. I've Googled and found > bits and pieces that are too narrowly focused. To paraphrase my > situation, I'm not only not seeing the f

Re: Log Files

2001-02-01 Thread Martin Albert
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Michael Abraham Shulman wrote: > How do I get rid of huge files in /var/log like `xdm.log' and `nmb', > and/or prevent them from accumulating in the first place? Can/must I > just delete or clear them every so often? Yes and OR or man logrotate hth, martin

Re: Log files

2000-11-24 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 09:59:08AM -0500, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Hi, > > Where would I find the log files that contain users activities on my debian > box? I am really just wanting the log file that shows what programs they > accessed etc. logs of things you would be concerned with are found i

Re: Log files - large and queer

1999-09-01 Thread Brian May
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 06:30:29PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > wtmp: I don't understand why it should be so large for 294 entries: > snoopy# last | wc > 2942788 22522 > > Thats 26kb per entry!!! Really??? If this really is the case, please > tell me why each record is so large... More inf