syslog: using logger (please help test this)
 

Hi,

I'm simply trying to log a simple message to /var/log/messages

I have *.info going to /var/log/messages in my /etc/syslog.conf file.

when I do

#> logger -p security.info "This message should go to messages log"

Nothing happens.

However,

I do have a script that does this.

#!/bin/bash

tail -f /var/log/radius.log | logger -p security.info &

which works on one machine and not the other. Which is confusing me...logger only works
in a script on one of my machines??? Both are RH9.0

Can anyone try running

#> logger -p security.info "This message should go to messages log"

to see if a message shows up in /var/log/messages
(i prefer RH9.0 but, any dist will do)

Thanks,

Ok I had to restart the syslog daemon to get it working again.