Storage: Logging Services Flashcards
1
Q
/var/log/
A
location for System Logs storage
2
Q
/var/log/auth.log
A
Debian directory for Authentication messages
3
Q
/var/log/syslog
A
Debian based directory for all types of system events
4
Q
/var/log/secure
A
Red Hat based directory for Authentication messages
5
Q
Log Rotation
A
Practice of creating new versions of a log file
6
Q
/etc/logrotate.d/
A
Configures log rotation
7
Q
journalctl
A
● Enables the viewing and querying of log files
● Prints a journal log
8
Q
etc/systemd/journald.conf
A
Used to configure journald log data
9
Q
last
A
Displays the user’s history of login and logout events
10
Q
lastlog
A
Lists all users and the last time a user logged in
11
Q
last log retrieves information from ___________
A
/var/log/lastlog