rsyslogd : unable to start daemon

fanoflq · 07-21-2016, 04:03 PM

Quote:

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl status rsyslogd
● rsyslogd.service
Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
Active: inactive (dead)
[root@localhost ~]# which rsyslogd
/sbin/rsyslogd
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart rsyslogd
Failed to restart rsyslogd.service: Unit rsyslogd.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl restart $(which rsyslogd)
Failed to restart sbin-rsyslogd.mount: Unit sbin-rsyslogd.mount failed to load: No such file or directory.

Why?
Thank you.

Emerson · 07-22-2016, 08:58 AM

Start your service by hand and you will [hopefully] get more verbose error messages.

fanoflq · 07-22-2016, 10:39 AM

@Emerson:

Quote:

Start your service by hand and you will [hopefully] get more verbose error messages.

Not sure what you mean.
I thought command line is starting by hand.... :-)
Please advice.

Emerson · 07-22-2016, 11:47 AM

Below is the command I'd use to start my syslog by hand. There is a configuration file with options. You do not see them when you use systemctl script.

Code:

/usr/sbin/syslog-ng --persist-file /var/lib/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.persist --cfgfile /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf --pidfile /run/syslog-ng.pid

fanoflq · 07-22-2016, 03:16 PM

@Emerson:

Thank you.
This is the first time I have heard of syslog-ng,
but then I am a newbie.....
I will look into.
Is rsyslog deprecated?

>> "systemd - no"
Can you explain its meaning?

Emerson · 07-22-2016, 03:42 PM

There are several applications providing logging, the choice is yours.

My footnote means I do not like systemd and I do not use systemd.

Habitual · 07-22-2016, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fanoflq

I thought command line is starting by hand

Just admit you don't know how.

Doug G · 07-22-2016, 05:07 PM

Make sure rsyslog is installed on your distribution, on some Fedora versions it wasn't installed as part of the initial installation.