Many of the activities that occur on your Freedom server are logged to some kind of a log file. Log files can be useful for troubleshooting problems and tracking usage.
Many of the network services that run on your Freedom server have their own log file. Most of these log files are contained in the /var/log directory, while others, such as the Apache log files, are located elsewhere.
The following table lists the names of some of the more important log files, where they are located, and what type of information they contain:
|
Log File |
Location |
Description |
|
maillog |
/var/log |
Contains a history of the email messages that were received by the server or were sent from the server. |
|
xferlog |
/var/log |
Contains a history of the FTP transactions that have occurred on the server. |
|
messages |
/var/log |
This is a general-purpose log file. Status messages sent by the server are recorded here, as are messages from some network services such as FTP and popper. |
|
userlog |
/var/log |
Contains a history of the users and groups that have been added to the server. |
|
cron |
/var/log |
Contains information about the commands executed through the cron program. |
Because of the large amount of data that is logged to files, it is important to keep an eye on the amount of disk space that is being used by these log files. Log files can be useful, but they do need to be kept manageable.