why no syslog this file on Fedora 8

vvcat · 03-12-2008, 06:22 AM

I have installed Fedora 8 and found that no syslog file on /var/log or other location, no such file for this version?

acid_kewpie · 03-12-2008, 06:39 AM

are you saying that /var/log is empty? is syslogd running at all? is there disk space?

vvcat · 03-12-2008, 09:37 AM

Not empty, just no syslog this file, others log such as messages, secure,etc can be found.
syslogd is not in /var/log location

acid_kewpie · 03-12-2008, 09:39 AM

syslog isn't a file, it's a protocol. /var/log/syslog isn't a conventional log file name.

trickykid · 03-12-2008, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

syslog isn't a file, it's a protocol. /var/log/syslog isn't a conventional log file name.

Yes it is fool, just not as common.

Check your /etc/syslog.conf file to see if anything is set to log to /var/log/syslog

Usually might look something like this in your syslog.conf file:

Code:

# Exclude authpriv, cron, mail, and news.  These are logged elsewhere.
*.warn;\
        authpriv.none;cron.none;mail.none;news.none     -/var/log/syslog

acid_kewpie · 03-12-2008, 11:41 AM

i use syslog-ng standards, no sign of it there... you look at sandal wearing configs?

erm.... yo mamma is so ugly she has historically had trouble finding potential partners...

unSpawn · 03-12-2008, 11:55 AM

I think at this point we should let some other monkeys take over the keyboard.

trickykid · 03-12-2008, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

i use syslog-ng standards, no sign of it there... you look at sandal wearing configs?

syslog-ng is a replacement for syslogd, standards don't apply in some cases. I did mention it's not as common as most distributions just throw everything in messages nowadays it seems, some people still separate their logs, organization is a good thing some times.

Slackware by the way still uses the /var/log/syslog file like I mentioned. But don't just call it a protocol, back up your facts before spewing out garble.

acid_kewpie · 03-12-2008, 01:57 PM

Ahh, I always wondered what the software i've used and extensively configured for years did! I read somewhere that it was designed to be a drop in replacement for sysklogd using the same relevant files, but what would i know? I would expect slackware to use it, what with it being antiquated and all that. (think i've done enough damage now...!)