Troubleshooting Linux With Syslog

Linux Troubleshooting

• /etc/syslog.conf
• How to activate changes to /etc/syslog.conf
• How to view New Log Entries as they Happen.
• Logrotate.
• /etc/logrotate.conf file.
• Sample contents of /etc/logrotate.conf
• How to activate logrotate.
• Compressing your Log files.
• syslog-ng
• The /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf file.
• Installing syslog-ng clients.
• Simple syslog Security

Installing Linux Software

• Where to get commonly used RPMs.
• How to easily access Cd RPMs with Automount.
• Getting RPMs using web based FTP.
• Getting RPMs using command line anonymous FTP.
• Getting RPMs using WGET.
• Automatic update with YUM.
• Automatic update with Up2date.
• How to install the RPMs.
• RPM installation source RPMs.
• How to list installation Errors.
• How to list installed RPMs.
• How to list all the files inside as RPM.
• How Uninstall RPMs.
• Which RPMs will start up at Boot Time?
• Installing TAR files.
• Installing Perl modules.

Jitendra Jha