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TIGER security scan Output...???

Asked by Mark

I ran a scan on my system using TIGER and after the scan I was given the below output message...

          Tiger Security Report is in:
             /var/log/tiger/security.report.mark-desktop.080629-00:25

 I am relatively new to Ubuntu and I have always had a little trouble finding out where to look when I have to look in places such as;

                                 /var/log/tiger/security.report.mark-desktop.080629-00:25

 How can I check and look at the desired security report??
 Once I know how to check this security report I will know how to look into various different reports etc??

 Is /var/log/tiger/security.report.mark-desktop.090629-00:25 a folder?? or some kind of directory???

 Thanks for now..

 Mark..

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello Mark:

Its a file mate and you can use the cat command in a terminal to view its output

cat /var/log/tiger/security.report.mark-desktop.080629-00:25

Its a file and /var/log/tiger/ is the directory path

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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Mark (mark-j-hogan) said : 		#2

 Hey Bhavani.

 Hope things are good?

 Cheers for your quick reply!!

  So I need to enter the above into the terminal to view the desired security report??

 Is the terminal the only way to view the output??
  and what does the prefix cat mean and do??

  Cheers for now

                     Mark...

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Best Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#3

yes I m fine... Hope to hear the same from you...

yes you need to enter the command in a terminal

The cat command concatenates files and prints on the standard output (i.e the terminal)

(This command is a quick way to view the output of any scan or a file)

as an alternative you can use gedit

gedit /var/log/tiger/security.report.mark-desktop.080629-00:25

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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Harvey Muller (hlmuller) said : 		#4

Mark,

For a quick visual, you can always use the System Log application. You can find it here:

    System > Administration > System Log

If you need to add a log file to the list then use File > Open, and navigate to the log file you are looking for.

Hope this helps, please report back here if this Solves your question.

Thanks,

Harvey

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Mark (mark-j-hogan) said : 		#5

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.