reading logs securly

[InsaneHamster]

i know how easy it is these days to be hacked so im wondering what is the best way to read and check my logs everyday

currently i just do a sudo tail /var/log/messages which of course isnt the best
and also to add i do not want to run apache and mysql inorder to read logs via web base.

thank you.

[JeliJami]

first, you would send your logs to different syslog servers, but this may be overkill

a first step could be the installation of logsentry
it runs a script every day, analyzing the log files, and emails the results
that would automate your current, manual, procedure
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[kg]

I'd also mention logwatch (it's in portage). Not currently using it, but did briefly in the past.

You definitely will get overwhelmed if you rely on doing it all manually....
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