Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™ System Administration and Module Development

13.4. Editing or Deleting a Log File

Any of the existing logs shown on the main page of the module can be edited or deleted using Webmin. However, you should be careful when changing destinations that were included in the system's default configuration, as important messages may no longer be logged. Even changing the filename that logs are written to could cause problems, as many Linux distributions include software to automatically truncate the standard log files to prevent them from taking up too much disk space.

To change a log, the steps to follow are:

1.	On the main page of the module, click on the destination of the log that you want to edit. This will take you to an editing form that is almost identical to the creation form shown in ...