Where have all the log files gone?

One of the most useful things if you're experience problems when configuring applications is the information that's capture in the log files.

Here's a small list of locations for Red Hat

Startup Log - the "dmesg" command

System Log - /var/log/messages

Service start/stop log - /var/log/boot.log

Security Log - /var/log/secure

Sendmail Log - /var/log/maillog

Apache Access Log - /var/log/httpd/access_log

Apache Error Log - /var/log/httpd/error_log

You can use the "tail" utility to continually tail the log files:

tail -f /var/log/messages /var/log/secure

Add more or ask if you want to know more - don't be shy!

-Chris