> Check if there's a logging daemon running: > > ps -ejf | grep -i log
My output: root 1630 1 1630 1630 0 Jul14 tty1 00:00:00 /bin/login -- root 1636 1 1636 1636 0 Jul14 ? 00:00:01 runsvdir -P /etc/service log: .............................................................. ................................................................................ ................................................................................ ................................................................................ ................................................................................ ............ 1000 21457 20830 21456 20830 0 18:45 pts/2 00:00:00 grep -i log > See if the command "logger hello" adds something to the log. It does add nothing to "/var/log/messages". > Check permissions on /var/log/messages. $ ls -l /var/log/messages -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2159938 Dec 13 2010 /var/log/messages Is it normal that "/var/log/messages" is writable only by "root"? > Check /etc/rsyslog.conf. I attached the file to this mail. I see nothing wrong in it, but I'm not an expert. Christophe
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