Re: Log tools?

[Pauline.van.Winsen () ESERV COM AU (Pauline van Winsen)]

hiya,

> Can anyone recommend me a good logging tool for *nix to monitor logs?  I've
> flipped through some tools at securityfocus, but haven't really found
> anything I'm thrilled with.. is there a common one that most people are
> using?

i use logsurfer. it uses regex, is taught to ignore messages,
rather than look out for particular messages, handles contexts -
"i've seen XYZ message, i want to whinge, but i'll wait & see
if ABC message arrives before i annoy you via SMS/pager/email/whatever".
it looks at any text file, handles log files.

& it's free - src available from:
http://www.cert.dfn.de/eng/logsurf/

hope this helps,
pauline