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Adding messages, mostly warnings and/or errors, to a log file.

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.xsession-errors file is huge. How can I disable?

I have visited over 30 different forum questions about this very same issue but none of them have been able to point me in the right direction. I don't care what is causing the issue. I don't care what the error messages say. I want to completely…
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Can I limit the amount of logging to "/var/log", especially for "bootchart"?

I've just noticed that I have 342 MB of log files in /var/log In particular /var/log/bootchart takes 329 MB of this space! As I'm only running a home desktop environment, I can't see how I need this amount of "history", and perhaps don't need…
Peter.O
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Is there a log for copied files?

Suppose someone copies a file to a DVD or pendrive. Is there a log where I can see that?
ChocoDeveloper
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How do I log the name of the process that caused an outgoing internet connection attempt?

If I enable UFW to block outgoing internet connections and set logging to "low," the log report that appears at /var/log only lists the PID of the application involved, not the application's name. The PID is useless information in a log because the…
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How to make honeyd save logs in rsyslog

I have a standard install of honeyd from Ubuntu repositories. Honeyd is saving logs in two files: /var/log/honeyd/honeyd.log /var/log/honeyd/daemon.log I have been trying to setup rsyslog to forward all logs from honeyd.log to a remote server and…
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.ICEauthority is missing

Can I create a new file .ICEauthirity or download it from anywhere? Problem is when I logging in.There is this error message "Can't update .ICEauthority home/user/.ICEauthority".But there is no such file with Ctrl+H or without it.So I can't debug…
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ubuntu not logging in

i am using ubuntu 11.10 and i once i logged in and the screen flashed for a sec and came back to the same screen it is happening again and again. i put the ubuntu cd and almost reinstalled it while i got this thought "lets try again" i tried again…
rakshith
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Why isn't auditd logging file deletes?

I have auditd installed on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 to track down some unexpected deletes (nice discussion of auditd). This is my rule (tagging deletes with the deletes keyword): -a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S unlink -S rmdir -k deletes auditctl -l shows…
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Rsyslog.conf delete, doesn't reinstall

I have Ubuntu 18.04. I am trying to set up rsyslog service as my default logging server. I messed up configuration and didn't save a copy of the default file before modifying it. I know, stupid. I thought that if I remove the file and re-install…
Yuri Tsyboukov
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