$ apt-cache show logwatch Package: logwatch Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 2168 Maintainer: Willi Mann Architecture: all Version: 7.3.6-1 Depends: perl, exim4 | mail-transport-agent Recommends: libdate-manip-perl Suggests: fortune-mod Filename: pool/main/l/logwatch/logwatch_7.3.6-1_all.deb Size: 307242 MD5sum: 55c65073e71aae887e0cb4c3e7ae93d2 SHA1: 651c4c65d625fc31bdec8848558c03d1dda44103 SHA256: cef405872b3cffc1cd0dca0c0eb4c79fe824df2ac9d97fbe942118edf544b436 Description: log analyser with nice output written in Perl Logwatch is a modular log analyser that runs every night and mails you the results. It can also be run from command line. . The output is by service and you can limit the output to one particular service. The subscripts which are responsible for the output, mostly convert the raw log lines in structured format. . Logwatch generally ignores the time component in the output, that means, you will know that the reported event was logged in the requested range of time, but you will have to go to the raw log files to get the exact details. . Homepage: http://www.logwatch.org/ Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::perl, role::program, security::log-analyzer, use::monitor, works-with::logfile $ apt-cache show logcheck Package: logcheck Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 260 Maintainer: Debian logcheck Team Architecture: all Version: 1.2.56 Depends: adduser, debconf, grep (>= 2.5.1-1), exim4 | mail-transport-agent, cron (>= 3.0pl1-68), sysklogd | system-log-daemon | syslog-ng, mailx, logtail (= 1.2.56), lockfile-progs Recommends: logcheck-database (>= 1.2.56) Suggests: syslog-summary Filename: pool/main/l/logcheck/logcheck_1.2.56_all.deb Size: 62460 MD5sum: 8f8f07b80d5bbf1c12aca9c3cba2584a SHA1: ae2de15709f7fa44eaf533a4039577b11ae43912 SHA256: 3b4d5fb61d3389630007be935bf96283c65361c140049e1a15344efbc0771f2c Description: mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator Logcheck was part of the Abacus Project of security tools, but this version has been rewritten. . Logcheck helps spot problems and security violations in your logfiles automatically and will send the results to you in e-mail. Tag: admin::logging, implemented-in::shell, interface::daemon, network::server, role::program, scope::utility, use::monitor, works-with::logfile, works-with::mail