From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FL0oC-00076M-00 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 11:31:12 -0500 Received: (qmail 1068 invoked by uid 1000); 19 Mar 2006 09:30:40 -0700 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:30:40 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: logs and which ones to del? Message-ID: <20060319163040.GA1008@localhost.localdomain> References: <001b01c64b6d$ecf25220$9c21ae48@dataplus4puarg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001b01c64b6d$ecf25220$9c21ae48@dataplus4puarg> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:31:12 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, the gz files are compressed backups of logs so many days back. You can delete them, or logrotate will do that for you after a certain number of days (I think the debian default seems to be 4 weeks). As for which log files you should read, don't read any, unless you have a specific reason for doing so. If you want to monitor your system for break in attempts, or for break ins (shudder), install tools like logcheck and/or tripwire. Greg On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:58:11AM -0800, tyler wrote: > Hay, > When I go to /var, I se a ton of stuff. > when I go to /var/log, I see a bunch of .gz files, can I del those? > I have logrotate installed, so I am assuming it just wipes the old logs, and > backs those up. > Also, how do I know which logs to read? If I spent all my time reading logs, > life would get boring. > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield. > Check out our website: > http://tysplace.the-leetest.net > check out my blog: > livejournal.com/~tylerrl > [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] > [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEHYcw7s9z/XlyUyARAn00AKDEjOsAsnFa5aIQ+H0OJDiSEh8lggCfZqL0 Qei1xlxCcgDeKpnOv2W9JOw= =zM2L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----