Linux Crash Course – Understanding Logging
The Linux Crash Course is a series of tutorials that will teach you a fundamental Linux-related concept in each episode. This time around, the spotlight is on logging. In this video, you’ll see some examples of log files that exist in Fedora as well as Ubuntu.
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## Individual sections:
00:00 – Intro
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02:21 – Log file examples from a Fedora instance
04:46 – Some log files may not be viewable as your normal user
05:52 – The dnf log file
07:35 – How to view the contents of the wtmp log file
09:18 – Viewing the contents of the btmp file
12:34 – Taking a look at some of the log files in Ubuntu
14:16 – The authorization log (authlog)
15:00 – Viewing logs in « follow mode » with tail
17:42 – Viewing the System Log (syslog)
21:56 – The dmesg log file
24:34 – The journalctl command
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