View and search system logs
logdrake
This tool
You can start this tool from the command line, by typing logdrake as root.
is found in the Mageia Control Center System tab, labelled
"View and search system logs".
To do a search in the logs
First, enter the key string you want to look for in the Matching field and/or the key string you want to
do not wish to see amongst the answers in the field
but not matching. Then select the file(s)
to search in the Choose file field. Optionally, it is
possible to limit the search to only one day. Select it in the Calendar, using the little arrows on each side of
the month and year, and check "Show only for the selected
day". At last, click on the search
button to see the results in the window called Content of the
file. It is possible to save the results in the .txt format by
clicking on the Save button.
The Mageia Tools Logs 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.
To configure a mail alert
Mail alert automatically checks the system
load and the services every hour and if necessary sends an e-mail to the
configured address.
To configure this tool, click on the Mail
Alert button and then, in the next screen, on the
Configure the mail alert system drop down button. Here, all
the running services are displayed and you can choose which ones you want
to look watch. (See screenshot above).
The following services can be watched :
Webmin Service
Postfix Mail Server
FTP Server
Apache World Wide Web Server
SSH Server
Samba Server
Xinetd Service
BIND Domain Name Resolve
In the next screen, select the Load 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.
In the last screen, enter the Email address of
the person to be warned and the Email server to use
(local or on the Internet