With tail, you can view a Linux log file as the system writes to it in real time. So while you’re trying to troubleshoot that system, you can follow the syslog, the auth.log, faillog, kern.log ...

Image: Jack Wallen. With Linux there are so many ways to synchronize and/or backup files over a network. For many, rsync and scp are the de facto standard.

If you really want to see what's happening beneath the hood of your Linux distribution, you need to use log files. Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing Writer Dec. 23, 2024 at 8:18 a.m. PT ...

Log files on Linux systems contain a LOT of information — more than you'll ever have time to view. Here are some tips on how you can make use of it without ... drowning in it.

The tail command allows you to view the end portion of a file, making it particularly useful for monitoring log files or real-time updates. By default, it displays the last 10 lines of a file, but you ...

Linux system log files are by default set to rotate. Depending on the age or size, a sequence of files moves back a step, the oldest being removed and a new one taking over as the current log file.

In a previous article, I showed you how to set up and use Ubuntu as a Network File System (NFS) server and use it to store virtual machines (VMs) from a vSphere environment.In this article, I'll go a ...