System logs in/var/log/

Tail-f *: To the latest logs
Acpid
Log of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event Daemon (acpid), a
Daemon to notify User-space programs the ACPI events. Acpid'll log all of it ' s
Activities, as as the STDOUT and STDERR of any actions to syslog.
AppArmor
Novell apparmor log files. "Confining privileges with Novell AppArmor"
(↑security Guide) for the details an apparmor.
Audit
Logs from the audit framework. The "The Linux Audit Framework" (↑security
Guide) for details.
Boot.msg
Log of the System init process-this file contains all boot messages from the kernel,
From the ' boot scripts and from the ' the ' services started during the boot sequence.
Check this file to find out whether your hardware has been correctly or
All services have been successfully started.
Boot.omsg
Log of the system shutdown Process-this file contains all messages issued on the
Last shutdown or reboot.
consolekit/*
Logs of the Consolekit Daemon (daemon for tracking what users are logged in
And how they interact with the computer.
cups/
Access and error logs of the common UNIX Printing System (cups).
Faillog
Database file that contains all login failures. Use the Faillog command to view.
The man 8 is faillog for the more information.
Firewall
Firewall logs.
gdm/*
Log files from the GNOME display manager.
Krb5
Log files from the Kerberos network authentication system.
Lastlog
The Lastlog file is a database which contains info at the last login to each user. Use
The command lastlog to view. The man 8 is lastlog for the more information.

Localmessages
Log messages of some boot scripts, for example the log of the DHCP client.
mail*
Mail Server (postfix, sendmail) logs.
Messages
This is the default place where all kernel and system log messages go and should
Be the "the" (along With/var/log/warn) to look at in the case of problems.
NetworkManager
NetworkManager log files
news/*
Log messages from a news server.
Logs from the network Time Protocol Daemon (ntpd).
Pk_backend_zypp
PackageKit (with libzypp backend) log files.
puppet/*
Log files from the Data Center Automation tool puppet.
samba/*
Log files from Samba, the Windows smb/cifs file server.
SaX.log
Logs from SAX2, the SuSE advanced X11 configuration.
scpm
Logs from the System Configuration Profile Management (SCPM).
Warn
Log of all system warnings and errors. This should is the ' the ' ' along with
/var/log/messages) to look at in the case of problems.
Wtmp
Database of all login/logout activities, runlevel changes and remote connections.
Use the command last to view. The "Man 1" is for more information.
Xinetd.log
Log files from the Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd).
Xorg.0.log
X startup logfile. Refer to it have problems starting X. Copies from
Previous X starts are numbered Xorg. Log.
yast2/*
All YaST log files.
zypp/*
LIBZYPP log files. Refer to this files for the package installation history.
Zypper.log
Logs from the command line installer zypper.