Linux - How to monitor log files logwatch, Logwatch installation and montoring log files

How to monitor log files logwatch

How to install logfiles in linux?
How to monitor log files in linux?

To install logwatch, download the source from below location.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sentrytools/

Install logwatch in Debian Linux

apt-get install logwatch

Install logwatch in Fedora Linux

yum install logwatch

Install logwatch in RedHat Enterprise Linux

up2date logwatch

To customize logwatch go to /usr/share/doc/logwatch-*/ directory and read the file HOW TO Customize LogWatch

Or Open logwatch.conf file:

vi /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf

OR

vi /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf

Read man page of logwatch for more information

You can use the below command to view system messages in real time as they are written to the system log file

tail -f /var/log/messages
tail -f /path/to/log/file
tail -f /var/log/httpd/access_log

How to Configure logwatch with mailing option?
Logwatch will send mail to email ID specified in logwatch.conf

# The default time range for the report...
# The current choices are All, Today, Yesterday
Range = yesterday 

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