> 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: ..............................................................
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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

Attachment: rsyslog.conf
Description: Binary data

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