Re: empty log files
On Friday 06 April 2001 03:47, Andres Salomon wrote:
> i was playing w/ a kernel driver when i noticed the following:
>
> (machine 1)
> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Mar 25 06:49 /var/log/kern.log
> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2259 Mar 20 17:59 /var/log/kern.log.0
>
> (machine 2)
> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Mar 25 06:49 /var/log/kern.log
> -rw-r----- 1 root adm 436938 Mar 18 18:40 /var/log/kern.log.0
>
> this is rather disturbing. my /etc/syslog.conf on both machines
> contains "kern.* -/var/log/kern.log", with timestamps on the conf
> files being from january. has anyone else noticed something similar?
> i'm thinking this is either a bug w/ syslog, or else i fucked something
> up. user.log is 0 bytes as well. the other log files are fine (messages,
> daemon.log, auth.log, debug, and syslog), afaict. has anyone else noticed
> anything similar w/ debian unstable?
Verify if your "/etc/syslog.conf" is right:
kern.* <tab> -/var/log/kern.log
where "<tab>" is a real tabulation (don't write it). Run a "killall -HUP
syslogd" and use a "ipchains -A input -p all -l" to test. Finally ping
yourself (ping localhost).
If it don't work, you're (or your syslog) in trouble.
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