Almost all log files in Linux are located under /var/log directory and its sub-directories. Here is a brief description of some of the log files located under the /var/log/ directory:
/var/log/messages – contains global system messages/var/log/kern.log – the kernel’s messages/var/log/auth.log – system authorization information, including user logins and requests for privileged access/var/log/secure – authentication messages/var/log/cron – cron job activities/var/log/boot.log – messages generated during the boot/var/log/daemon.log – messages from processes running in the background/var/log/dpkg.log – records all dpkg activities/var/log/yum.log – records all yum activities/var/log/user.log – contains messages about all user level logs/var/log/Xorg.x.log – the X-windows system log file/var/log/cups – printer and printing related log messages/var/log/maillog or /var/log/mail.log – contains messages from sendmail '', 'clear' => '', 'margin_top' => '', 'margin_bottom' => '', 'padding_top' => '', 'padding_bottom' => ''), array(), array()) -->
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