Syslog not running?
Steven Stern
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Mon May 16 16:12:53 UTC 2011
After a crash today, I decided to look at /var/log/messages, but it as
empty:
-rw-------. 1 root root 0 May 15 03:15 messages
-rw-------. 1 root root 2486698 Apr 24 03:03 messages-20110424
-rw-------. 1 root root 15123560 May 1 03:50 messages-20110501
-rw-------. 1 root root 792295 May 8 03:31 messages-20110508
-rw-------. 1 root root 855351 May 14 16:07 messages-20110515
I restarted rsyslog and it's now chock full of stuff:
service rsyslog status
rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service)
Active: inactive (dead)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/rsyslog.service
Does this indicate it's not enabled on boot?
[root at sds-desk log]# service rsyslog restart
Restarting rsyslog (via systemctl): [ OK ]
[root at sds-desk log]# ll messages
-rw-------. 1 root root 106935 May 16 11:05 messages
Now, it seems to be enabled:
[root at sds-desk log]# service rsyslog status
rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service)
Active: active (running) since Mon, 16 May 2011 11:05:25 -0500; 6min ago
Process: 2387 ExecStartPre=/bin/systemctl stop
systemd-kmsg-syslogd.service (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2390 (rsyslogd)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/rsyslog.service
└ 2390 /sbin/rsyslogd -n -c 5
It shows up in system-config-services, but everything related to
enable/disable is grayed out (even running it as root).
Is this a glitch? What's the expected behavior of rsyslogd?
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-- Steve
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