Log files offer a wealth of information about system and user functions. They also provide a safe way to get started analyzing large data sets. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of technology and ...

In Windows 11/10/8/7, the System File Checker is integrated with Windows Resource Protection, which protects registry keys and folders as well as critical system files. If any changes are detected to ...

Search engine crawl data found within log files is a fantastic source of information for any SEO professional. By analyzing log files, you can gain an understanding of exactly how search engines are ...

No matter how large or small your streaming media infrastructure is, it’s critical to know how it’s performing. In fact, your existence is probably intimately tied to how well your system is working.

As every server administrator knows, log files are the pulse of a network infrastructure. They tell us what has occurred in an application or service, and if they stop growing, something is wrong. Log ...

Considering how much information is available in log files, you’d think companies would pay more attention to them. Client computers, servers, firewalls, network devices, and other appliances generate ...

If you're running Apache, and you probably are, you've got a file called access_log on your server, probably in /etc/httpd or some similar directory. Find it (you can use locate or find if needed).

These long-standing logs can help you monitor your networks and employees. So before you invest in a new kind of data collection system, review your log files. Marcus Ranum architected the first ...