viewlog(1M)
viewlog - view the system administration log
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.7. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.
NAME viewlog - view the system administration log SYNOPSIS /usr/sysadm/bin/viewlog DESCRIPTION viewlog displays the contents of the system administration log /var/sysadm/salog (see salog(4)) in a text window. For command lines in salog, viewlog displays the date and the command. For other lines, viewlog displays either Error:, Warning:, or Info: as appropriate and the message. Non-command lines are indented. GUIDES Guides, also called "tasks," are interactive windows that lead users through the steps necessary to perform various system administration tasks, such as adding new user accounts and configuring networking on the system. A guide typically consists of a series of pages that prompt users to enter information or select options. A user navigates through guide pages using the Prev and Next buttons (or corresponding arrow keys). When the user reaches the last page of a guide and clicks the OK button, the system executes one or more commands to perform the system administration task. These commands are located in /usr/sysadm/privcmd. See runpriv(1M) for more information about privileged commands. Many of the guides require that a user either know the root password or be assigned the necessary privileges (using the PrivilegeManager(1)) in order to perform the task. Set System Administration Log Options The Set System Administration Log Options guide, which comes up when you press viewlog's "Options..." button, lets you specify how big the log can get before it's rotated, and whether or not messages to salog are copied to syslogd(1M). The privilege needed for this task is: o Set System Admin Logging Options (setlogopt(1M)). SEE ALSO sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), setlogopt(1M), syslogd(1M), salog(4).