X.Org X11 Log Xorg.0.log Includes messages output by the X.Org X server.
a gdm/:0.log Holds messages related to the login screen (GNOME
display manager).
a samba/log.smbd Shows messages from the Samba SMB file service daemon.
a squid/access.log Contains messages related to the squid proxy/caching server.
a vsftpd.log Contains messages relating to transfers made using the
vsFTPd daemon (FTP server).
a sendmail Shows error messages recorded by the sendmail daemon.
a uucp Shows status messages from the UNIX to UNIX Copy
Protocol daemon.
a Indicates a log file that is not contained in the System Log Viewer window. Access these files directly from /var/log.
GNOME 2.18 also includes Seahorse??”a front-end to GNU Privacy Guard. Seahorse
allows you to digitally sign or authenticate documents and works with OpenPGP and
ssh keys. You can find more information at www.gnome.org/projects/seahorse/index.html.
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The Role of syslogd
Most of the files in the /var/log directory are maintained by the syslogd service. The syslogd
daemon is the system logging daemon. It accepts log messages from a variety of other programs
and writes them to the appropriate log files. This is better than having every program write directly
to its own log file because it enables you to centrally manage how log files are handled.
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