This will provide the capability to receive system logs via e-mail. This applies to Fedora 9 & 10. There are many customizable features ([http://www.logwatch.org/tabs/docs/HOWTO-Customize-LogWatch.html/ Logwatch Documentation]), but this will only identify the basic ones. 

<pre>yum install logwatch</pre>

* Settings are stored in ::'''NOTE:''/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf''''' and require minor changes to make it work. Use your favorite editor <code>yum</code> (mine is nanodeprecated) has been replaced with <code>dnf</code> as the package manager for Fedora 23 and make the following change:** '''MailTo = root''' (line 35) to '''MailTo = (your email address)'''greater.

* Ensure sendmail is started (You can customize the settings by adding options to '''''service sendmail start/etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf''''') or . By default it won't worksends the daily logwatch email to the local root mail box. To change it, add this line (change user@yourisp.com to desired email address):<pre>Output = mailMailTo = user@yourisp.com</pre>

* To test, enter If you want the command '''''logwatch''''' and go check your email.in html, add this line:<pre>Format = html</pre>

** '''Range = yesterday''' (line 65default) - additional values are '''all''' or '''today'''.** '''Detail = Low''' (line 72default) - additional values are '''med''' or '''high'''. I set mine to '''med'''.