syslog not found

[Gurumanickam]

hi all,

After restarting the server, im not able to find my syslog.log file under /var/adm/syslog. now system is logging all the events under /var/adm/syslog/OLDsyslog. how to change it.

regards

Guru

[spex]

Guru,

First make sure that your /etc/syslog.conf file contains an entry similar to:

*.info;mail.none /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

Then send a SIGHUP to syslogd:

# kill -HUP $(cat /var/run/syslog.pid)

PCS

[Gurumanickam]

hi spex,

there is no file /var/run/syslog.pid when i run the kill command im getting this error


# kill -HUP $(cat /var/run/syslog.pid)
cat: Cannot open /var/run/syslog.pid: No such file or directory
sh: kill: The number of parameters specified is not correct.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Preserve your current 'OLDsyslog' by copying it as another name if you wish to keep it and do:

# /sbin/init.d/syslogd stop
# /sbin/init.d/syslogd start

Regards!

...JRF...

[spex]

Hello (again),

syslogd does not appear to be running.

# /sbin/init.d/syslogd start
to start it.

Also make sure you have a start symlink in place so that syslogd comes up on boot:

# ls /sbin/rc?.d/S???syslogd

PCS

[Gurumanickam]

thanks for your replies. i restarted the syslog deamon, now system is logging the events on syslog.log