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=== Monitoring System Main Log File ===
Most system daemons write log messages to the main system log file at /var/log/messages. As a system administrator, you can view any new log messages written to the file using the following command line in a terminal window:
[root@localhost ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=6387
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: Product: Mass Storage
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: USB2.0
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 1C7FED06
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jan 13 11:59:01 localhost kernel: scsi9 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan 13 11:59:06 localhost kernel: scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB2.0 Flash Disk 8.07 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Jan 13 11:59:06 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Jan 13 11:59:06 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 1998848 512-byte logical blocks: (1.02 GB/976 MiB)
Jan 13 11:59:06 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Jan 13 11:59:06 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 13 11:59:06 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 13 11:59:07 localhost kernel: sdc: unknown partition table
Jan 13 11:59:07 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 13 11:59:07 localhost kernel: sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jan 13 11:59:07 localhost kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jan 13 11:59:07 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on sdc, internal journal
Jan 13 11:59:07 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
Jan 13 11:59:07 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
The above messages were generate when a user plug in a USB Flash drive to the system. In this example, the system assgins the device name [sdc] to identify the Flash drive.
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