The tail command makes it easy to view log entries as they are written in real-time. Jack Wallen shows you how to make use of this indispensable tool.

Whenever syslogd, the syslog dæmon, receives a log message, it acts based on the message's type (or facility) and its priority. syslog 's mapping of actions to facilities and priorities is specified ...

The Linux logger command provides an easy way to add log files to /var/log/syslog — from the command line, from scripts, or from other files. In today’s post, we’ll take a look at how it works.

Syslog is the network logging workhorse of Linux and Unix systems. It is both a communications protocol as well as a set of actual programs and libraries.