jdd wrote:
I manage a handful of servers and nearly never have use of logs, but once in a while I'm very glad to have them.
Which is exactly why we have them - for that once in a while. There are other uses and purposes, but that is no doubt the main one for most people. Diskspace has been increasingly plentyful since the mid-90s, so keeping 30days worth of logfiles is not a luxury.
I think the problem is elsewhere. Linux/unix is a very ancient system, now, and old systems are very stable and everybody knows how to use them. Building houses with logs (wood ones :-), is the same, but what for skyscrapers?
on modern computers, million times more complex and powerful than what we had, it's normal to have new tools.
The best tools usually survive the rest - no one has yet discovered a better bicycle or screwdriver or pair of scissors or pliers, spoon, fork, knife, needle, zipper, rope, knot, man pages, vi, syslog - etc etc. Actually, somebody did create a "better" man page, but man pages seem to as popular as ever. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (3.4°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org