Re: syslog idea (fwd)

[broadley () turing ucdavis edu (Bill Broadley)]

> This brought to mind the idea of a "syslog monitor", or a process that would
> just hang out someplace and stat the various log files periodically,
> using some mechanism to warn of excessive size, mysterious shrinkage, and
> maybe some other warning signs.

Wouldn't an append only immutable file be ideal for such things,
assuming you have physical security of course.


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