Logwatch

Tags: Linux

Overview

Program that emails an administration summary to the root user.

How Tos

• ​How to install and use logwatch
• Send the email to an alias using UhlLinuxServer HowTo Set Alias for Root Emails

Running

Logwatch is run on the server by having the following script in /etc/cron.daily

#!/bin/bash

#Check if removed-but-not-purged
test -x /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl || exit 0

#execute
/usr/sbin/logwatch --output mail}}}

== To Do

- [[ToDo]] Alias myself as root on all the servers where logwatch runs

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