Re: Debian logging - confused
On 15 Jan 2014, at 11:14, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I understand and agree with the argument for having separate logs for different services, as it makes troubleshooting individual servcies much easier - in most cases.
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> However, I also would like to have *one* log that *everything* goes to, because in many cases it makes it much easier to see at a glance if there is a problem - at least on systems that aren't extraordinarily busy.
>
> So, does debian have a single log (in gentoo, everything is logged to /var/log/messages, then you can also send individual services to separate logs as well)?
Yes - /var/log/syslog - however this logs everything *except* the auth facility by default -- that logs to /var/log/auth.log. This can be changed by editing /etc/rsyslog.conf and restarting rsyslogd.
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