[NTLUG:Discuss] RH7 not writing /var/log/messages

Mon Mar 5 00:05:10 CST 2001

Try touching the file and then 'killall -HUP syslogd'.

Annette

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> Indraneel:
> 
> I have 4 gig of space left in that partition and
> there is a zero-length messages file.
> 
> I appreciate your trying, but I am still stumped.
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil.
> 
> 
> Indraneel Majumdar wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Please check if the /var partition is full or if the /var log/messages
> > file exists after it has been backed up. IMHO syslog appends to the file
> > and cannot create it if it does not exist.
> > 
> > \Indraneel
> > 
> > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> > 
> > > I have a RH7 server that is not writing to /var/log/messages.
> > > It was doing that before, but it quit on the 1st of the month.
> > 
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