Log log everybody wants a log.

[Letalis]

How do i get a log on all connections from the internet onto my box? Or where is the damn logfile?

[Bill]

How about /var/log/messages? Poke around in /var/log, there is a bunch of stuff in there.

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Did I do that?

[Waffle_King]

All kids love Log!
What rolls down stairs,
Alone or in pairs,
Rolls over your neighbours dog?
What's great for a snack,
And fits on your back,
It's Log..Log..Log!!
It's Lo-og, Lo-og
It's big, it's heavy
It's wood!
It's Lo-og, Lo-og
It's better than bad
It's good!!!
Everyone want's a Log
You're gonna love it Log
Come on and get your Log
Everyone needs a Log
Log from Blammo!

... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif

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[mandreko]

wow, i'm not the only one who used to watch ren & stimpy... cool... i just always thought that i was the only person who would watch a stupid show like that...

[Letalis]

But does for instance the secure shell daemon keep a log on all logons and where they come from?

[vvx]

I think /var/log/wtmp keeps a log of all logins.. and /var/log/btmp keeps a log of all failed logons.. I could have those reversed, or even incorrect.. If you log all logins the logs get big fast, I did that on my firewall for a bit.. Oh, and they don't log them as normal text, you'd use the last and lastb commands to check those.. If they don't exist, just create and the kernel should use.. bah..

[Fandelem]

Actually, the logfiles arekept in /var/log, but the ones you want are:

(telnet, etc.)
/var/log/secure

(ftp, etc.)
/var/log/xferlog

you can also check logins by typing:
(to show last ten logins)
last -10

(to show all logins)
last

also try lastb
but it seems most systems don't create that file, so you have to create it yourself..

anyways, hope this helps.

regards,

~kyle