How to view Logs Direct-Admin

 

The first place you should go when trying to troubleshoot a problem is the log file for that program.

The list of Log Files are as follows:

DirectAdmin Logs:

/var/log/directadmin/error.log

/var/log/directadmin/errortaskq.log

/var/log/directadmin/system.log

/var/log/directadmin/security.log

Apache Logs:

/var/log/httpd/error_log

/var/log/httpd/access_log

/var/log/httpd/suexec_log

/var/log/httpd/fpexec_log

/var/log/httpd/domains/domain.com.error.log

/var/log/httpd/domains/domain.com.log

/var/log/messages (generic errors)

Proftpd Logs:

/var/log/proftpd/access.log

/var/log/proftpd/auth.log

/var/log/messages (generic errors)

vm-pop3d Logs:

/var/log/maillog

/var/log/messages

named (bind) Logs:

/var/log/messages

exim Logs:

/var/log/exim/mainlog

/var/log/exim/paniclog

/var/log/exim/processlog

/var/log/exim/rejectlog

(on FreeBSD, they have “exim_” in front of the filenames)

mysqld Logs:

RedHat:

/var/lib/mysql/server.hostname.com.err

FreeBSD:

/usr/local/mysql/data/server.hostname.com.err

crond Logs:

/var/log/cron

To view a log file, run:

less /var/log/filename

Where /var/log/filename is the path of the log you wish to view. If the log is too large you can use the “tail” command:

tail -n 30 /var/log/filename

Where 30 is the number of lines from the end you wish to view.

The first place you should go when trying to troubleshoot a problem is the log file for that program.

The list of Log Files are as follows:

DirectAdmin Logs:

/var/log/directadmin/error.log

/var/log/directadmin/errortaskq.log

/var/log/directadmin/system.log

/var/log/directadmin/security.log

Apache Logs:

/var/log/httpd/error_log

/var/log/httpd/access_log

/var/log/httpd/suexec_log

/var/log/httpd/fpexec_log

/var/log/httpd/domains/domain.com.error.log

/var/log/httpd/domains/domain.com.log

/var/log/messages (generic errors)

Proftpd Logs:

/var/log/proftpd/access.log

/var/log/proftpd/auth.log

/var/log/messages (generic errors)

vm-pop3d Logs:

/var/log/maillog

/var/log/messages

exim Logs:

/var/log/exim/mainlog

/var/log/exim/paniclog

/var/log/exim/processlog

/var/log/exim/rejectlog

(on FreeBSD, they have “exim_” in front of the filenames)

mysqld Logs:

RedHat:

/var/lib/mysql/server.hostname.com.err

FreeBSD:

/usr/local/mysql/data/server.hostname.com.err

crond Logs:

/var/log/cron

named (bind) Logs:

/var/log/messages

To view a log file, run:

less /var/log/filename

Where /var/log/filename is the path of the log you wish to view. If the log is too large you can use the “tail” command:

tail -n 100 /var/log/filename

Where 100 is the number of lines from the end you wish to view.

Also you can use tail -f  /var/log/filename to see current logs.

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