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Old 02-02-2014
UNIX/Linux event IDs
I am trying to pull information from a log and wondering if there are Security event Id's similar to windows or how can I pull and Separate. Password and account altering message logs
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Old 02-03-2014
You'll need to be more specific than "UNIX/linux".
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Old 02-03-2014
Unix has got text log files.
Use ssh/putty to login. In the login shell you can use grep command to filter certain information.
Different Unix have different log files.
Most Linux versions have got /var/log/messages.
Solaris has got /var/adm/messages.
HP-UX has got /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.
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Also the log levels are slightly different.
Unix and most Linux have got syslogd service, and log details are configured in the text file /etc/syslog.conf.
 
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