analyzing logs

is there any good programs for analyzing syslog in linux

Well, for starter's what brand of Linux are you using? Secondly, what part of viewing and analyzing the log's are you having trouble with?

i should have phrased that better i want to be to see all access that goes on, like maybe unauthorized access. im running debian.....i was wondering if there is any good logging software or what the the logs are to check

look into logcheck and swatch.