topic Re: syslog.log not logging in Operating System - HP-UX

syslog.log not logging

Scott_20 — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:27:22 GMT

I stopped/started (-D option) the process, an OLDsyslog.log was created as well as a new time stamped syslog.log, but nothing is logging. syslog.conf looks ok,

Re: syslog.log not logging

Chris Wilshaw — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:30:24 GMT

Try killing the process with a -HUP signal

eg

kill -HUP

Re: syslog.log not logging

Pete Randall — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:32:57 GMT

Scott,

The -D option will "Prevent the kernel from directly printing its
messages on the system console."

Pete

Re: syslog.log not logging

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:33:01 GMT

Hi,

OLDsyslog.log won't get created by restarting the syslog process. You might have run /sbin/init.d/syslogd start|stop.

I would simply "kill " and then "syslogd -D" to restart syslogd daemon. You should see a message "syslogd:restart" in
your syslog.log.

-Sri

Re: syslog.log not logging

Scot Bean — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:34:59 GMT

Could be you machine has no current system messages.

Try 'logger test message' to see if it is logging.

Re: syslog.log not logging

Pete Randall — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:39:32 GMT

Scott,

Re-reading your question, I think I mis-read it the first time. You were saying that you stopped syslogd, and then restarted it with the -D option, right?

Pete

Re: syslog.log not logging

Scott_20 — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:01:46 GMT

update
"logger message" isn't writing to syslog.log
when i stop and start the process or kill -HUP pid still i get nothing

kill -HUP pid - nothing
/sbin/init.d/syslogd start -D -nothing
kill pid, then start as above - nothing

I didn't some failed su's but they didn't log either.

plan b?

scott

Re: syslog.log not logging

Bernhard Mueller — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:05:39 GMT

Scott,

did you change /etc/syslog.conf?

If so, make sure there are *no blanks* in it, only TABs. To make sure copy a default conf from another machine and try to start syslog with that one.

Regards,
Bernhard

Re: syslog.log not logging

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:13:15 GMT

Hi,

1. check the syslogd executable

ll /usr/sbin/syslogd

Make sure it's not zeroe'd out.

2. Kill syslogd

#cat /var/run/syslog.pid

kill 'pid_of_syslogd'

ps -ef|grep syslogd

If it is still running, then note the PID from the above and then kill it

kill 'pid_of_syslog'

3. Copy the default syslog configuration file

#mv /etc/syslog.conf /etc/syslog.conf.old
#cp /usr/newconfig/etc/syslog.conf /etc

4. Start syslogd

/usr/sbin/syslogd -D

5. See if the file /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log is getting messages.

If the above works, then your syslog.conf might have gotten messed up.

-Sri

Re: syslog.log not logging

Jeff Schussele — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:19:17 GMT

Simple question - Is /var full?

Rgds,
Jeff

Re: syslog.log not logging

Donny Jekels — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:15:46 GMT

TABS TABS TABS TABS

make sure you dont use spaces in your syslog.conf file, instead make sure you use tabs.

this is usually the BUG in syslog. to make it stop working