The log information plays a vital role in error troubleshooting process. Different control panels have different log information and location. Here are some important and mostly used log information for Linux server with Directadmin.
1- Default DirectAdmin log files:
.htaccess
# /var/log/directadmin/error.log # /var/log/directadmin/errortaskq.log # /var/log/directadmin/system.log # /var/log/directadmin/security.log
2- Default web server log files (Apache);
# /var/log/httpd/error_log # /var/log/httpd/access_log # /var/log/httpd/suexec_log # /var/log/httpd/fpexec_log # /var/log/httpd/domains/domain.com.error.log # /var/log/httpd/domains/domain.com.log # /var/log/messages (generic errors)
3- FTP:
- Proftpd:
#/var/log/proftpd/access.log #/var/log/proftpd/auth.log #/var/log/messages (generic errors)
- PureFTPd:
# /var/log/pureftpd.log Dovecot and vm-pop3d: # /var/log/maillog # /var/log/messages
4- Named (bind):
# /var/log/messages
5- Exim:
# /var/log/exim/mainlog # /var/log/exim/paniclog # /var/log/exim/processlog # /var/log/exim/rejectlog
Click here for Important log file locations in WHM/cPanel
6- Mysqld:
# /var/lib/mysql/server.hostname.com.err
FreeBSD and Debian:
# /usr/local/mysql/data/server.hostname.com.err
7- Crond:
# /var/log/cron
You can use the following commands to view log files:
less /log/location : Static view tail -f Or tailf /log/location Dynamic view
That’s it .