Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 932

Table 51.1
Log File
/var/log/boot.msg
/var/log/mail.*
/var/log/messages
/var/log/
NetworkManager
/var/log/SaX.log
/home/user/
.xsession-errors
/var/log/warn
/var/log/wtmp
/var/log/Xorg.*.log
/var/log/YaST2/
/var/log/samba/
Apart from log files, your machine also supplies you with information about the running
system. See Table 51.2: System Information.
914 Installation and Administration
Log Files
Description
Messages from the kernel during the boot process.
Messages from the mail system.
Ongoing messages from the kernel and system log
daemon when running.
Log file from NetworkManager to collect problems
with network connectivity
Hardware messages from the SaX display and
KVM system.
Messages from the desktop applications currently
running. Replace user with the actual username.
All messages from the kernel and system log dae-
mon assigned WARNING level or higher.
Binary file containing user login records for the
current machine session. View it with last.
Various start-up and runtime logs from the X
Window system. It is useful for debugging failed
X start-ups.
Directory containing YaST's actions and their re-
sults.
Directory containing Samba server and client log
messages.