Host services

cat /var/log/syslog

Messages a server's syslog collector has received from routers with 'logging host <this server>'. Needs 'systemctl start rsyslog'.

Works on: ServerMode: shell
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What does the "cat /var/log/syslog" command do?

Messages a server's syslog collector has received from routers with 'logging host <this server>'. Needs 'systemctl start rsyslog'.

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