Log files. They're there for a reason -- to keep track of what goes on behind the velvet curtain of your operating system. When things go wrong, entries are added to those log files, so you can view ...
Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...
Hi,<BR><BR>Noticed that sshd entries are showing up twice in /var/log/secure:<BR><BR>Nov 20 02:48:23 boxen sshd[5435]: Failed password for root from 218.247.185.242 port 56161 ssh2<BR>Nov 20 10:48:23 ...