Adam works on a Linux system. He is using Sendmail as the primary application to transmit e- mails. Linux uses Syslog to maintain logs of what has occurred on the system. Which of the following log…

The correct answer is A. /var/log/mailog. /var/log/mailog ?le generally contains the source and destination IP addresses, date and time stamps, and other information that may be used to check the information contained within an e- mail header. Linux uses Syslog to maintain logs of what has occurred on the system. The…

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Adam works on a Linux system. He is using Sendmail as the primary application to transmit e- mails. Linux uses Syslog to maintain logs of what has occurred on the system. Which of the following log files contains e-mail information such as source and destination IP addresses, date and time stamps etc?

Options

A/var/log/mailog
B/var/log/logmail
C/log/var/mailog
D/log/var/logd

How the community answered

(26 responses)

A
77% (20)
B
12% (3)
C
4% (1)
D
8% (2)

Explanation

/var/log/mailog ?le generally contains the source and destination IP addresses, date and time stamps, and other information that may be used to check the information contained within an e- mail header. Linux uses Syslog to maintain logs of what has occurred on the system. The configuration file /etc/syslog.conf is used to determine where the Syslog service (Syslogd) sends its logs. Sendmail can create event messages and is usually configured to record the basic information such as the source and destination addresses, the sender and recipient addresses, and the message ID of e-mail. The syslog.conf will display the location of the log file for e-mail. Answer: B, C, D are incorrect. All these files are not valid log files.

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#Syslog#/var/log/maillog#Sendmail logging#Linux log files

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