Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

5.7 /var/log : Log files and directories

This directory contains miscellaneous log files. Most logs should be written to this directory or an appropriate subdirectory.

lastlog
messages
wtmp
record of last login of each user
system messages from syslogd
record of all logins and logouts

Table 5.7.1

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