Re: empty log files
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 14:38 +0100, Jonathan Underwood wrote: > 2008/7/1 michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I can't recall doing anything 'wrong' but I now notice most of my log > > files are, unexpectedly, empty (see example, below). Anybody care to > > suggest how I can debug why this is so? Thanks, M > > Did you by chance happen to install vmware? Installing vmware seems to > change the SEli9nux context of /etc/services, which prevents syslog > from working. To fix: > > 1) run /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/services > 2) /sbin/service syslog restart yes I had installed vmware! what a mess up by them... I've got it all working now, thanks M -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: empty log files
2008/7/1 michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I can't recall doing anything 'wrong' but I now notice most of my log > files are, unexpectedly, empty (see example, below). Anybody care to > suggest how I can debug why this is so? Thanks, M Did you by chance happen to install vmware? Installing vmware seems to change the SEli9nux context of /etc/services, which prevents syslog from working. To fix: 1) run /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/services 2) /sbin/service syslog restart HTH, Jonathan. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Re: empty log files
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 10:34 +0100, michael wrote: > I can't recall doing anything 'wrong' but I now notice most of my log > files are, unexpectedly, empty (see example, below). Anybody care to > suggest how I can debug why this is so? Thanks, M > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ ls -lt |head -33 > total 163828 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 321792 2008-07-01 10:29 wtmp > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28525 2008-07-01 10:14 Xorg.0.log > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 2008-07-01 10:14 gdm/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26360 2008-07-01 10:13 dmesg > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 2008-07-01 10:13 sa/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 292584 2008-06-30 22:43 lastlog > -rw--- 1 root utmp 164902656 2008-06-30 22:28 btmp > drwxr-xr-x 2 lp sys 4096 2008-06-30 20:52 cups/ > drwx-- 2 root root 12288 2008-06-30 20:00 tiger/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29008 2008-06-30 16:49 Xorg.0.log.old > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52438 2008-06-30 09:13 rpmpkgs > -rw--- 1 root root 252 2008-06-29 17:08 yum.log > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-29 04:38 boot.log > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-29 04:38 cron > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-29 04:38 maillog > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-29 04:38 messages > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-29 04:38 secure > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 2008-06-29 04:38 setroubleshoot/ > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-29 04:38 spooler > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52403 2008-06-28 04:39 rpmpkgs.1 > drwxr-x--- 2 root root4096 2008-06-26 22:59 audit/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 827985 2008-06-25 10:46 scrollkeeper.log > -rw--- 1 root root 30920 2008-06-25 10:46 yum.log.1 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-23 14:30 boot.log.1 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-23 14:30 cron.1 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-23 14:30 maillog.1 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-23 14:30 messages.1 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-23 14:30 secure.1 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-23 14:30 spooler.1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52208 2008-06-21 04:39 rpmpkgs.2 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-15 04:38 boot.log.2 > -rw--- 1 root root 0 2008-06-15 04:38 cron.2 > and here's my [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ cat /etc/syslog.conf # Log all kernel messages to the console. # Logging much else clutters up the screen. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none/var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron # Everybody gets emergency messages *.emerg * # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.*/var/log/boot.log [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
