View Error Messages [solved]

[Peter_APIIT]

My friends told met that if you want to view the error messages for your system, you should went to /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog. Unfortunately, i can"t open this file to view it. I have try to log in as root and open it but the console display an error messages which is permission denied. I have run out of idea. Could anyone please help me on this. Your help will greatly appreciated by me and others.

 

 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

Hope GOD will blessed you.

[pmpatrick]

Try running this in a console:

 

$ su

<enter root password>

# less /var/log/messages

 

and:

 

# less /var/log/syslog

 

When using the "less" command you hit the spacebar to page down and the B key to go back a page.

Edited January 29, 2007 by pmpatrick

[pindakoe]

You could also start (whilst being logged in as normal user) start a terminal (Gnome-terminal, Terminal, rxvt, etc -- no shortage of alternatives), then become root for that terminal via "su" and then use tail /var/log/messages to see the last 10 lines (or tail -20 for 20 etc). Another good trick is tail -f /var/log/messages which will 'follow' (hence the -f) the log-file -- will update the output if the file grows.

 

Just some ideas. If you want to be fancy there is also multi-tail (which allows clever filtering, multiple windows in a terminal etc) or you could use logdrake, also known as the 'View and Search' program from the control center (it is uner system).

[Peter_APIIT]

Thanks for your help.