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Monitor System Logs via E-mail (view source)
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* First, open a terminal window and become '''root'''. Enter the following to install:
* If you want to send You can customize the logwatch emails settings by adding options to an address different from other root emails, edit the default.conf file with your favorite editor and make the following change:** '''MailTo = root''/etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf'' (line 35) to '''MailTo = . By default it sends the daily logwatch email to the local root mail box. To change it, add this line (your change user@yourisp.com to desired email address)''':<pre>Output = mailMailTo = user@yourisp.com</pre>
* Ensure sendmail is running ('''''service sendmail status''''') or it won't work. * To test, enter the command '''''logwatch''''' and go check your email. If you want the email in html, add the switch '''''--output this line:<pre>Format = html'''''.</pre>
* To test, enter the command '''''logwatch''''' and go check your email.
<pre>logwatch</pre>
* Ensure sendmail or postfix is running (rerun command and change '''''status''''' to '''''start''''' if not):
<pre>service sendmail status</pre>
or
<pre>service postfix status</pre>
'''Optional:'''
* These are a few more basic options that can be configured.
** '''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'''.
This application runs transparent in the background, once daily in the morning. If you want to run it more frequently (i.e. send logs for today), then change the range and execute the command '''''logwatch''''' as needed.
'''NOTE:''' If you want to forward these emails to another (including external) account, see [http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Forward_System_Emails Forward System Emails].
