-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, the gz files are compressed backups of logs so many days back. You can delete them, or logrotate will do that for you after a certain number of days (I think the debian default seems to be 4 weeks). As for which log files you should read, don't read any, unless you have a specific reason for doing so. If you want to monitor your system for break in attempts, or for break ins (shudder), install tools like logcheck and/or tripwire. Greg On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:58:11AM -0800, tyler wrote: > Hay, > When I go to /var, I se a ton of stuff. > when I go to /var/log, I see a bunch of .gz files, can I del those? > I have logrotate installed, so I am assuming it just wipes the old logs, and > backs those up. > Also, how do I know which logs to read? If I spent all my time reading logs, > life would get boring. > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield. > Check out our website: > http://tysplace.the-leetest.net > check out my blog: > livejournal.com/~tylerrl > [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] > [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEHYcw7s9z/XlyUyARAn00AKDEjOsAsnFa5aIQ+H0OJDiSEh8lggCfZqL0 Qei1xlxCcgDeKpnOv2W9JOw= =zM2L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
