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syslogd not working  
syslog is not working properly on 6.4.1

By default I have the following config file contents:
------------------------------------------------------------
# cat /etc/syslog.conf
# The file must exist for logging to occur!!
mail.*                  /var/log/maillog
*.*                             /var/log/syslog
-------------------------------------------------------------

If I modify this in anyway, the logging doesn't work. If the log file path is modified, logs don't appear. If the config
 file doesn't exist, logs don't appear. If I add extra logging files, logs don't appear. If I add remote logging, logs 
don't get exported over the net. 

Any ideas?

Paul

Re: syslogd not working  
Be careful of whitespace and line endings (no CRLF).

-seanb

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:53:35AM -0500, Paul Boyle wrote:
> 
> syslog is not working properly on 6.4.1
> 
> By default I have the following config file contents:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> # cat /etc/syslog.conf
> # The file must exist for logging to occur!!
> mail.*                  /var/log/maillog
> *.*                             /var/log/syslog
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> If I modify this in anyway, the logging doesn't work. If the log file path is modified, logs don't appear. If the 
config file doesn't exist, logs don't appear. If I add extra logging files, logs don't appear. If I add remote logging, 
logs don't get exported over the net. 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> OSTech
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post91012
> 
Re: syslogd not working  
This works:
"*.*                             /var/log/syslog"

This doesn't work
"*.*                             /var/log/sysLog"


I.e, a capatilization of the letter 'l'. There no write permissions issue. I can touch "/var/log/AnyThingIWant"
Re: syslogd not working  
Make sure the file exists before syslogd is started.


On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:19:06AM -0500, Paul Boyle wrote:
> 
> This works:
> "*.*                             /var/log/syslog"
> 
> This doesn't work
> "*.*                             /var/log/sysLog"
> 
> 
> I.e, a capatilization of the letter 'l'. There no write permissions issue. I can touch "/var/log/AnyThingIWant"
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> OSTech
> http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post91014
>