From: David McGuffey <davidmcguffey at verizon.net> To: centos at centos.org Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 2:51 AM Subject: [CentOS] Log viewing and analysis tools > I have a requirement to allow our security officer to regularly view and > analyze the logging and auditing results of one of the machines in our > lab. He comes from the Microsoft Windows world and is not a *nix > trained person. > > I know I can configure logwatch. I can also create a script containing > various 'aureport' runs into a cron job. > > Any recommendations for a GUI-based tool that would be easy for him to > learn? > > Dave M === Dave: I've been using a free solution called LogAnalyzer, and am pretty happy with it: http://loganalyzer.adiscon.com/ It has a web interface, and uses a database to store all the log info. It can be easily accessed, given specific filtered queries, etc. Check out the "Online Demo" page to see how it looks. ______________________________________________________________________ If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons. "♥ Sticker" fixer: http://microflush.org/stuff/stickers/heartFix.html