Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a centralized Linux log server using syslog-ng. Let’s say your data center is filled with Linux servers and you need to administer them all.

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 ...

The tail command makes it easy to view log entries as they are written in real-time. Jack Wallen shows you how to make use of this indispensable tool. One of the single most helpful tools in your ...