Leap 42.1 with KDE5 I used to do tail -f /var/log/rsyncd.log For example: :~> tail -f /var/log/rsyncd.log 2015/11/27 12:34:40 [12582] connect from hostxx-xxx-xxx-xx.range81-157.btcentralplus.com (81.157.xx.xx) 2015/11/27 12:34:41 [12582] rsync to mixes/ from play@host81-157-xx-xx.range81-157.btcentralplus.com (81.157.xx.xx) 2015/11/27 12:34:41 [12582] receiving file list 2015/11/27 12:34:41 [12582] ERROR: daemon refused to receive file "group" 2015/11/27 12:34:41 [12582] ERROR: daemon refused to receive file "passwd" 2015/11/27 12:34:42 [12582] sent 328 bytes received 32,634 bytes total size 17,763,552,626 2015/11/27 12:34:42 [12584] connect from host81-157-xx-xx.range81-157.btcentralplus.com (81.157.xx.xx) 2015/11/27 12:34:43 [12584] rsync to soundtracks/ from play@host81-157-xx-xx.range81-157.btcentralplus.com (81.157.xx.xx) 2015/11/27 12:34:43 [12584] receiving file list 2015/11/27 12:34:44 [12584] sent 125 bytes received 28,854 bytes total size 3,605,847,084 I believe the modern way is to use journalctl but I don't get much useful output. The following was done during the same rsync session from a remote machine as the tail command quoted above: :~> journalctl -f --unit=rsyncd -- Logs begin at Tue 2015-06-02 10:09:55 BST. -- How do I use journalctl to follow the last x lines of the log? Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 4.1.12-1-default Distro: openSUSE 42.1 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.10