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Linux Administration/System Services/System Logging

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This lesson covers system logging of Linux+ Certification

Objectives and Skills

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Objectives and skills for the system logging portion of Linux+ certification include:[1]

  • System logging
    • Configuration of the syslog daemon
    • Understanding of standard facilities, priorities and actions
    • Configuration of logrotate
    • Awareness of rsyslog and syslog-ng
    • The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
    • Logwatch for parsing logs based on patterns and generate a report.

Readings

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Multimedia

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Activities

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  1. Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: System logging

Lesson Summary

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Key Terms

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References

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