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

[Neil Aggarwal]

jim:

That was it!!!!

For some reason, it was commented out.

Thanks,
	Neil.


Jim Wildman wrote:
> 
> Do you have a line like
> 
> syslog          514/udp
> 
> in /etc/services?
> 
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> 
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> 
> > Kyle:
> >
> > > As a rule, when you have daemon problems, just run them in debug mode.  It's
> > > usually easy spotting what the problem is from the output.
> > > For syslogd, kill it, then run "syslogd -d".  I suspect an /etc/syslog.conf
> > > parsing error.
> >
> > OK, I ran syslogd with the debug mode turned one, but
> > I dont think I understand the output:
> >
> > # /sbin/syslogd -d
> > Allocated parts table for 1024 file descriptors.
> > Starting.
> > Called logerr, msg: network logging disabled (syslog/udp service
> > unknown).
> > logmsg: syslog.err<43>, flags 4, from server2, msg syslogd: network
> > logging disabled (syslog/udp service unknown).
> > Called fprintlog, logging to CONSOLE /dev/console
> > Called logerr, msg: see syslogd(8) for details of whether and how to
> > enable it.
> > logmsg: syslog.err<43>, flags 4, from server2, msg syslogd: see
> > syslogd(8) for details of whether and how to enable it.
> > Called fprintlog, logging to CONSOLE /dev/console
> > Debugging disabled, SIGUSR1 to turn on debugging.
> >
> > Do you know what this means?
> > Does it mean that the syslogd is writing messages to the console?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >       Neil.
> >
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