Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 14:00:15 -0500 From: "MikeM" <zlists@mgm51.com> To: "Joachim Dagerot" <freebsd@dagerot.nu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What logs etc do I need to checkfrequently? Message-ID: <200312271400150479.0110DC8A@sentry.24cl.home> In-Reply-To: <200312271840.hBRIeK418241@thunder.trej.net> References: <200312271840.hBRIeK418241@thunder.trej.net>
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On 12/27/2003 at 7:40 PM Joachim Dagerot wrote: |As you with good memories know, I lost 3000 pictures of my first sons |first year this month. I did have a RAID-5 system with fresh disks, |however, shit happens and I have a feeling that this could have been |avoided if I read my log files better. | |So basically, | |a) I get a mail each time my a cron-event fires, this happens every 30 |min so the mailbox are quite loaded, not very funny going through. | |b) The file messages contained information that my raid-system was |about to blow, I didn't see this because I never read that file. Also |it appears to only log information after a reboot. |The vinum history file seems to only hold information about the vinum |setup, not the health of the volumes. | |Questions: | |a1) Is it possible to only get a mail with critical information, where |and what do I need to do to achieve this? /usr/ports/security/logcheck
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