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diff --git a/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/logdrake.xml b/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/logdrake.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..db600893 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docs/stable/mcc-help/en/logdrake.xml @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="logdrake" version="5.0"> + <info> + <title xml:id="logdrake-ti1">View and search system logs</title> + + <subtitle>logdrake</subtitle> + </info> + + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata revision="1" align="center" xml:id="logdrake-im1" format="PNG" fileref="logdrake.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + + <para>This tool<footnote> + <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">logdrake</emphasis> as root.</para> + </footnote> is found in the Mageia Control Center System tab, labelled + "<guilabel>View and search system logs</guilabel>".</para> + + <para/> + + <section> + <title>To do a search in the logs</title> + + <para>First, enter the key string you want to look for in the <emphasis role="bold">Matching</emphasis> field and/or the key string you want to + <emphasis>do not</emphasis> wish to see amongst the answers in the field + <emphasis role="bold">but not matching</emphasis>. Then select the file(s) + to search in the <guilabel>Choose file</guilabel> field. Optionally, it is + possible to limit the search to only one day. Select it in the <emphasis role="bold">Calendar</emphasis>, using the little arrows on each side of + the month and year, and check "<guibutton>Show only for the selected + day</guibutton>". At last, click on the <guibutton>search</guibutton> + button to see the results in the window called <guilabel>Content of the + file</guilabel>. It is possible to save the results in the .txt format by + clicking on the <emphasis role="bold">Save</emphasis> button.</para> + + <note> + <para>The <guibutton>Mageia Tools Logs</guibutton> houses the logs from + the Mageia configuration tools such as the Mageia Control Center tools. + These logs are updated each time a configuration is modified.</para> + </note> + </section> + + <section> + <title>To configure a mail alert</title> + + <para><guibutton>Mail alert</guibutton> automatically checks the system + load and the services every hour and if necessary sends an e-mail to the + configured address.</para> + + <para>To configure this tool, click on the <emphasis role="bold">Mail + Alert</emphasis> button and then, in the next screen, on the<guibutton> + Configure the mail alert system</guibutton> drop down button. Here, all + the running services are displayed and you can choose which ones you want + to look watch. (See screenshot above).</para> + + <para>The following services can be watched :</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Webmin Service</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Postfix Mail Server</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>FTP Server</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Apache World Wide Web Server</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>SSH Server</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Samba Server</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Xinetd Service</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>BIND Domain Name Resolve</para> + + <para><mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="logdrake1.png"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject></para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>In the next screen, select the <guilabel>Load</guilabel> value you + consider unacceptable. The load represents the demand to a process, a high + load slows the system down and a very high load may indicate that a + process has gone out of control. The default value is 3. We recommend + setting the load value to 3 times the number of processors.</para> + + <para>In the last screen, enter the <guilabel>Email address</guilabel> of + the person to be warned and the <guilabel>Email server</guilabel> to use + (local or on the Internet).</para> + </section> +</section>
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