Linux, Hosting tips

Log file is a file which stores all the information of all files that are accessed and they also have errors which help a system administrator to troubleshoot issues and fixing them. Few log file locations can be found below:

Apache web server
/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
/usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com

MySQL database server
/var/lib/mysql/server.hostname.com.err

Exim mail server
/var/log/exim_mainlog
/var/log/exim_paniclog
/var/log/exim_rejectlog

Courier-IMAP
/var/log/maillog

cPanel control panel
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/license_log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/login_log
path: /usr/local/cpanel/logs/stats_log

FTP server
/var/log/messages
/var/log/xferlog

System logs
/var/log/messages
/var/log/boot.log
/var/log/cron
/var/log/dmesg

Security logs
/var/log/secure
/var/log/messages