Re: syslog

[Jerome BENOIT <g6299304p@rezozer.net>]

Hi,

On 17/07/13 01:20, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 17.07.2013 00:07, schrieb Glenn English:
>> Why are there 3 logging daemons (syslogd, rsyslog, and syslog-ng) on
>> Wheezy? (There's only syslogd on my one remaining Lenny box, looks
>> like two (no ng) on Squeeze.) All three are enabled, and at least
>> some logging seems to happen. Does /dev/log send to all of them? Do
>> they all write to the same files in /var/log? Is Udev somehow
>> involved in this? Have I got something badly bent?
> 
> sysklogd is dead, and has been removed from the archive. You shouldn't
> use it anymore.
> rsyslog and syslog-ng are both featureful syslog implementations.
> rsyslog is the default in Debian since 3 releases now. It understands
> the syntax of the old sysklogd, so if you familiar with that, this is
> probably your best bet.

modulo xconsole: the xconsole related stuff in your former /etc/syslog.conf
must be commented/neutralised to avoid troubles.

> 
> As for all three enabled: That should not be possible: Those package
> conflict with each other. If you really managed to install all three of
> them, then you must have forced apt/dpkg to do so.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 

Jerome