Re: [MiNT] syslogd

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>]

On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 16:22 +0200, Peter Slegg wrote:
> Since I installed Easymint on the bigger hd a few months ago I
> have noticed that syslogd is running but /var/log/syslog is
> empty and not being updated.

What about /var/log/messages, as /var/log/syslog isn't mentioned in your
syslog.conf ?

> Have I missed something ? Is this normal behaviour ?
> The syslog.conf is much smaller than the one I had originally.
> 
> # 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                          /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
> 
> # Everybody gets emergency messages, plus log them on another
> # machine.
> *.emerg                                                 *
> 
> # Save mail and news errors of level err and higher in a
> # special file.
> uucp,news.crit                                          /var/log/spooler

Alan.