Commonly used log files
Log files can be used to locate and diagnose errors.
Here is a list of some of the log files that are most commonly used and their locations. The following list will be updated and more log files will be added from time to time. In some systems these files may be located in a different place or may not be generated at all. It depends on the configuration.
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Linux OS related log files:
| Location | Description |
| /var/log/mail.warn | Mail warning messages |
| /var/log/mail.err | Mail errors |
| /var/log/mail.log | Mail related |
| /var/log/local0.log | |
| /var/log/local1.log | |
| /var/log/all.log | |
| /var/log/syslog | Monitoring the whole system |
| /var/log/cron.log | Cron daemon services |
| /var/log/uucp.log | Unix to Unix Copy |
| /var/log/user.log | User information related |
| /var/log/daemon.log | Daemon errors |
| /var/log/messages | General messages/events in Linux |
| /var/log/debug | Debugging |
| /var/log/auth.log | Authentication related |
| /var/log/kern.log | Kernel related |
| /var/log/lpr.log | Printer related |
| /var/log/ppp.log | Point-to-point network related |
| /var/log/mail.info | Mail related |
| /var/log/news/news.crit | INN news system |
| /var/log/news/news.err | INN news system |
| /var/log/news/news.notice | INN news system |
