[TUHS] Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' • The Register

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Sun Jun 23 10:13:14 AEST 2024


On Fri, 14 Jun 2024, Michael Kjörling wrote:

[...]

> journalctl -f -u 'smtpd'
> 
> or whatever else might map to the SMTP server software you're running. 
> (Sure, it gets slightly more complicated if you don't know what SMTP 
> server software is in use, but in that case I think a case can be made 
> for why do you even care about its logs?)

My server runs Sendmail, and I have no idea what "journalctl" is (it 
sounds Penguin-ish, which I definitely don't run).  And I care so that I 
can firewall the buggers on the spot...

-- Dave


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