I moved /var and now syslog won't start
Mike McGrath
mmcgrath at iesabroad.org
Sat Apr 9 03:42:36 UTC 2005
> 6) Edited /etc/fstab and commented-out the line stating that /var was
on /dev/hda3
> because now /var is part of the / partition
> 7) Rebooted. Syslog hangs but the system eventually starts (i.e.
> without syslog running)
> 8) service syslog start (and it fails to start)
>
> Any ideas? How should I debug this without the benefit of syslog?
>
> Tim
Syslog might be looking for /var/log/ verify that the log directory is
created and that its permissions look normal.
-Mike
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