RE: which log files should check regularly to ensure security

2002-02-22 Thread Paul Hamm
Install tripwire to be sure that no files are tampered with that you don't want changed and you should find all the log files you want to check in /var/log. The most likely ones are messages, secure and httpd/error_log. There are many systems to handle log monitoring logwatch and analog may come

Re: which log files should check regularly to ensure security

2002-02-22 Thread Saul Arias
Take a look at LogSentry (formerly Logcheck). It emails you relevant entries from several logs. http://www.psionic.com/products/logsentry.html On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 10:23, Jianping Zhu wrote: I am a newbie in linux administration . I am managing a lab with a samba server and a web server,