Learning Linux: Log Files

Learning Linux: Log Files: "If you are serious about learning Linux then one aspect you will want to familiarize yourself with is log files. This concept will help you to understand why when you go to a mailing list with a problem and, when someone asks you the contents of a particular log file, you are able to offer enough information to help solve your problem. Log files are very good for helping you deduce what is going wrong with a system. There are, however, a lot of log files to wade through. That’s where I come in. In this article I am going to show you the first places to look when you have problems with a Linux system. I won’t cover all of the log files (at least yet), but I will get you started on what will hopefully become a long history of too much information."