Storage: Logging Services

Question 1

/var/log/

Answer 1

location for System Logs storage

Question 2

/var/log/auth.log

Answer 2

Debian directory for Authentication messages

Question 3

/var/log/syslog

Answer 3

Debian based directory for all types of system events

Question 4

/var/log/secure

Answer 4

Red Hat based directory for Authentication messages

Question 5

Log Rotation

Answer 5

Practice of creating new versions of a log file

Question 6

/etc/logrotate.d/

Answer 6

Configures log rotation

Question 7

journalctl

Answer 7

● Enables the viewing and querying of log files
● Prints a journal log

Question 8

etc/systemd/journald.conf

Answer 8

Used to configure journald log data

Question 9

last

Answer 9

Displays the user’s history of login and logout events

Question 10

lastlog

Answer 10

Lists all users and the last time a user logged in

Question 11

last log retrieves information from ___________

Answer 11

/var/log/lastlog