What is a Log File ?
A log file is a recording of everything that goes in and out of a particular server. It is a concept much like the black box of an airplane that records everything going on with the plane in the event of a problem. The information is frequently recorded chronologically, and is located in the root directory, or occasionally in a secondary folder, depending on how it is set up with the server. The only person who has regular access to the log files of a server is the server administrator, and a log file is generally password protected, so that the server administrator has a record of everyone and everything that wants to look at the log files for a specific server. Servers are not the only system that use log files. Process control systems, as well as computer operating systems have logging subsystems that work exactly like a log file does. While these are more sophisticated than a simple log file, most times it is the same concept, where a log message is recorded in the file and saved u
