If you are getting the following in your error log and you cannot start bind9 on Ubuntu 10.04 server with Plesk 10 installed:

named[5372]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
named[5372]: none:0: open: /etc/named.conf: permission denied
named[5372]: loading configuration: permission denied
named[5372]: exiting (due to fatal error)

Use this one to watch log files updates in real time on remote server using netcat and a browser.

tail -f /var/log/syslog | nc -l 1234

You can also use it to monitor any frequently updated file on remote system.