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Senthil Kumar .A_1
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‎01-28-2004 11:29 PM

‎01-28-2004 11:29 PM

server logs query

hello admins
is there any other place i can get old logs about system other than OLDsyslog.log
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Pete Randall
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‎01-28-2004 11:31 PM

‎01-28-2004 11:31 PM

Re: server logs query

Try this:

find /var -name *log*

That should show you all (or nearly all) of the available logs.



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Graham Cameron_1
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‎01-28-2004 11:38 PM

‎01-28-2004 11:38 PM

Re: server logs query

It depends on your setup.
By default, at system boot, a script runs (/sbin/init.d/syslogd) which renames the previous syslog.log to OLDsyslog.log and creates a new empty one.
But there's nothing to stop you modifying this script to save as many previous copies as you like, or whatever else takes your fancy.
You should also look at the config file for syslogd, in /etc/syslog.conf. This also allows you to direct different message types to different destinations.
See "man syslogd" for more info.

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Sridhar Bhaskarla
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‎01-29-2004 12:47 AM

‎01-29-2004 12:47 AM

Re: server logs query

Hi Senthil,

Old logs include /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log, /etc/rc.log, /var/tombstones/ts*, /var/sam/log/samlog, /var/adm/cron/log etc.,

Logs like *tmp, sulog etc are cumulative.

-Sri
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