Messages Reference Guide

12 Introduction
Viewing Events in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server
1 Log in as root .
2 Use a text editor such as vi or emacs to view the file named /var/log/
messages
.
The following example shows the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server) message log, /var/log/messages. The text in boldface
type indicates the message text.
NOTE: These messages are typically displayed as one long line. In the following
example, the message is displayed using line breaks to help you see the message
text more clearly.
...
Feb 6 14:20:51 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1000
Server Administrator starting
Feb 6 14:20:51 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1001
Server Administrator startup complete
Feb 6 14:21:21 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1254 Chassis
intrusion detected Sensor location: Main chassis
intrusion Chassis location: Main System Chassis
Previous state was: OK (Normal) Chassis intrusion
state: Open
Feb 6 14:21:51 server01 Server Administrator:
Instrumentation Service EventID: 1252 Chassis
intrusion returned to normal Sensor location: Main
chassis intrusion Chassis location: Main System
Chassis Previous state was: Critical (Failed) Chassis
intrusion state: Closed