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Description of the information displayed

The System Security Log page displays the system's secure log. The log is displayed in descending chronological order (most recent line is shown first). Preceding each displayed line is the relative position of the line in the displayed information (used when skipping to specific lines in the file).

The secure log contains system and network access security messages. These messages are created by the system message log daemon (syslogd). Any process or daemon running on the system can store messages in this file. The contents and format of the messages in this log are defined by the processes and daemons logging the messages, but each message typically contains the date and time when the message was created, the host name of the system, and the name and ID number of the process that issued the message.

The primary user of the secure log is the TCP wrappers program tcpd. The TCP wrappers program provides network access control to the services on the system (for example, FTP and Telnet). It logs all access attempts in the secure log, creating an entry in the log whenever a network client attempts to access any of the services protected by the TCP wrappers program. The following information is included in each log entry:


How to Navigate and Search the Log

The log file being displayed may be large, depending on the age of the log and the amount of log activity. The System Security Log panel displays 1000 lines of the file at a time, providing tools for you to navigate through large files.

previoius Click this arrow to display the previous 1000 lines in the log file.
next Click this arrow to display the next 1000 lines in the log file.
Goto line: To skip to a line, type the line number in the entry field, and select go. The section of the log file containing the specified line is displayed, along with a number of lines preceding the specified line.


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