# Logview

Copyright © 2000 by Judith Samson

# Introduction

`logview` is a graphical, menu-driven viewer that you can use to view and monitor your system logs. `Logview` comes with a few utilities to help you manage your logs, including a calendar, log monitor and log statistics display. For some of the most common log entries, `logview` also displays a short description of what the log entry means.

`Logview` is useful if you are new to system administration because it provides an easier, more user-friendly display of your logs than a text display of the log file. It is also useful for more experienced administrators, as it contains a calendar to help you locate trends and track problems, as well as a monitor to enable you to continuously monitor crucial logs.

`Logview` is useful only to those who have access to the system log files, which generally requires root access.

`Logview` is contained in the `gnome-utils` package, which is part of the GNOME desktop environment. This document describes version 0.2 of `logview`.

To run `logview`, assume root status with su, then start `logview` from the shell prompt with the command: logview. Alternatively, if you are running your X session as root, you can open `logview` from the Main Menu, Programs, System, System log monitor.

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