Can I delete var log Auth log?

Can I delete var log Auth log?

All the logs are stored in /var/log by default. If your system is a testing system or you don’t really care what is in the log you can clear the log.

How do I access var log Auth log?

Linux logs can be viewed with the command cd/var/log, then by typing the command ls to see the logs stored under this directory. One of the most important logs to view is the syslog, which logs everything but auth-related messages.

What is logged in var log secure?

/var/log/secure – Contains information related to authentication and authorization privileges. For example, sshd logs all the messages here, including unsuccessful login. /var/log/wtmp – The wtmp file records all logins and logouts.

How do you find the authentication log?

The Authorization Log file may be accessed at /var/log/auth. log. This log is useful for learning about user logins and usage of the sudo command.

Why is auth.log missing from systemd?

However, in the “minimal” image only the systemd “journal” facility is available, the file auth.log is missing and then fail2ban won’t start. To get the good old log files back, I installed rsyslog: and then fail2ban started working properly.

Where do I find the password for auth.log?

Because often it included the password of users. It is not infrequent to write the password in the login field, so by reading the auth.log, one could find the password of some users (they will login after such failed attempt, so both login and password is available). This is was I learned 20 years ago.

How to get access to / var / log / Rome loading.log?

Try chown www-data:www-data /var/log/loadRome.log. best guess: the user running the shell doesn’t have write access to /var/log/romeLoading.log , and the stdout redirect ( >>) is redirected by the shell user, not the sudo user, thus the access denied on >> , but not on sudo touch. maybe try

Why is my Apache log file not allowed?

It’s a permissions issue as the log file belongs to root user and apache runs off www-data. Try chown www-data:www-data /var/log/loadRome.log.