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In Debian 12, the traditional syslog system has been replaced with systemd-journald. This means that the old log files like syslog, messages, auth.log are no longer used. Instead, all system logs are now stored in a centralized journal, which is accessible using the journalctl command.

To view the system logs, you can use the following command:

journalctl

This will display all of the logs in the journal. You can also filter the logs by using options like -p (priority) and -u (unit). For example, to view only the logs from the syslog unit, you would use the following command:

journalctl -u syslog

You can also specify a start and end time for the logs you want to view. For example, to view the logs from the past hour, you would use the following command:

journalctl --since "1 hour ago"