XFree86.0.log or Xorg.0.log??”Depending on which X server you are using, contains
messages about your video card, mouse, and monitor configuration.
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If you are using a Fedora Linux system, the System Log Viewer utility is a good way to step through
your system??™s log files. From the System menu, select Administration???System Log. You not only
can view boot, kernel, mail, security, and other system logs, but you can also use the viewing pane
to select log messages from a particular date.
Using sudo
and Other Administrative Logins
You don??™t hear much about other administrative logins (besides root) being used with Linux. It
was a fairly common practice in UNIX systems to have several different administrative logins that
allowed administrative tasks to be split among several users. For example, a person sitting near a
printer could have lp permissions to move print jobs to another printer if he knew a printer wasn??™t
working.
In any case, administrative logins are available with Linux, so you may want to look into using
them. Here are some examples:
lp??”User can control some printing features. Having a separate lp administrator allows
someone other than the superuser to do such things as move or remove lp logs and print
spool files.
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