[Gllug] server logbook program?

Alain Williams addw at phcomp.co.uk
Thu Nov 1 06:28:44 UTC 2001


On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 02:53:00AM -0000, Steve Nicholson wrote:
> what do you use to log changes on your server?  I'm tired to scratching
> things down in a book or forgetting to note changes.  I figure some
> thing that is date specific for entries, searchable under keywords and
> topics that runs on the CLI would be the thing.  Then I can open a
> second terminal window on the server and make notes as I go, and have to
> make sure it is regularly copied to another computer for backups.  A
> plain text file would do but there must be a better way.

I have used a plain text file for 20 years on one Unix system or another.
It has always worked well always called /etc/Hacks

Just make sure that it is the first thing written to your backup tapes
and is frequently copied onto another box.

KISS

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Alain Williams

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