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On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> "journalctl" is just the same as "less /var/log/messages" so here's |
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> not much to learn unless you want to use the search features. Reading |
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> the log from a remote machine is easy, using either SSH or HTTP, |
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> whichever you prefer. My one complaint about the systemd journal is |
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> that there is not, AFAIK, a standalone reader. If I want to boot from |
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> a live CD, I can only read the logs if it is a systemd live CD, or I |
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> chroot into the original system. Unless someone knows different... |
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In an emergency, "strings system.journal | grep MESSAGE= | less" is useful. |
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It's too bad that there isn't a standalone journal reader but the |
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systemd developers live in a systemd world and assume that others live |
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in the same world. Anyway, a live CD of a systemd-based distribution's |
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always easy to retrieve and use. |
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