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This clarifies that services that use systemd no longer place their logs in plain text files.
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= Viewing logs in Fedora
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Log files contain messages about the system, including the kernel, services, and applications running on it.
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These contain information that helps troubleshoot issues, or simply monitor system functions.
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Fedora uses the https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/[systemd] system and service manager.
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With systemd, messages for most services are now stored in the systemd journal which is a binary file that must be accessed usinng the `journalctl` command.
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System tools that do not use systemd for their logs continue to place them as plain text files in the `/var/log/` directory.
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In Fedora, there are two ways of accessing system logs:
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* The command line
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* A GUI applications
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