Thread: Empty /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog
hello. have new, clean install of ubuntu 11.10. there nothing being logged either /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog. tried enabling configuration described in post 2 here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1728570, nothing has changed.
both files 0 bytes in size.
how logs back?!
here contents of /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
thanks!code:# default rules rsyslog. # # for more information see rsyslog.conf(5) , /etc/rsyslog.conf # # first standard log files. log facility. # auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog #cron.* /var/log/cron.log #daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log kern.* -/var/log/kern.log #lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log mail.* -/var/log/mail.log #user.* -/var/log/user.log # # logging mail system. split # easy write scripts parse these files. # #mail.info -/var/log/mail.info #mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn mail.err /var/log/mail.err # # logging inn news system. # news.crit /var/log/news/news.crit news.err /var/log/news/news.err news.notice -/var/log/news/news.notice # # "catch-all" log files. # *.=debug;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news.none -/var/log/messages # # emergencies sent logged in. # *.emerg * # # have messages displayed on console, on virtual # console leave idle. # #daemon,mail.*;\ # news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\ # *.=debug;*.=info;\ # *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8 # named pipe /dev/xconsole `xconsole' utility. use it, # must invoke `xconsole' `-file' option: # # $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...] # # note: adjust list below, or you'll go crazy if have reasonably # busy site.. # daemon.*;mail.*;\ news.err;\ *.=debug;*.=info;\ *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
-chris
still not working
-chris
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