Intro to Logs

Walkthrough summary

Intro to Logs TryHackMe walkthrough with 12 answered prompts and lab methodology notes.

Sample prompts covered

• What is the name of your colleague who left a note on your Desktop?
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• What is the full path to the suggested log file for initial investigation?
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• Based on the list of log types in this task, what log type is used by the log file specified in the note from Task 2?
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• Based on the list of log formats in this task, what log format is used by the log file specified in the note from Task 2?
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• After configuring rsyslog for sshd, what username repeatedly appears in the sshd logs at /var/log/websrv-02/rsyslog_sshd.log, indicating failed login attempts or brute forcing?
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