mailing logs to user

[Troy Piggins]

* Scott J. Henson <scotth at csee.wvu.edu> :
> Troy Piggins wrote:
> > Just wondering how to specify which and how logs are emailed to me.
> >
> > In my aliases file root: troy
> >
> > I want to be able to see ssh failed attempts etc, but at present
> > only cron jobs are getting mailed to me.  By default on my old
> > RedHat9 setup many more logs were mailed.
> >
> >   
> Your going to want a log analyzer or an ids.  I use lire as my log
> analyzer, but its a bit hefty.  I would recommending searching through
> the package index for a log analyzer or an intrusion detection system. 
> 
> For a simpler approach, from your gnome session, Go to:
> System -> Administration -> System Logs

Thanks Scott - have installed lire and am looking into it.

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Troy Piggins
Ubuntu v5.10 (Breezy Badger)