To locate the web server logs on a Linux system, which directory should be checked?

• A. /var
• B. /home
• C. /usr
• D. /tmp

Answer: (A)

Logs sit where variable system data is kept, and that’s under /var. Web server logs are stored in /var/log, with specific server folders like /var/log/apache2/ or /var/log/nginx/ containing access and error logs. The other directories serve different purposes: /home for user data, /usr for applications and libraries, and /tmp for temporary files. So starting in /var is the correct approach to locate web server logs. If needed, you can use commands like ls /var/log or cat /var/log/apache2/access.log to inspect them.