topic Re: Syslog deamon problem in Operating System - HP-UX

Syslog deamon problem

M. Tariq Ayub — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:03:19 GMT

Hi,

I have made a change a minir change in syslog.conf file and restarted the deamon it was working fine. After that i have removed the line and again restart the syslog deamon. It is showing me that the deamon is started but no logs are comming in the syslog.log

Re: Syslog deamon problem

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:08:07 GMT

Hi Tariq,

Post your syslog.conf. It is a good idea to keep a backup copy of any configuration file you modify so that in case of issues, you can easily revert back to last known good configuration. Either compare your syslog.conf with another system or post it here so that one will have a look at it. To verify if syslog is logging, try the following command

logger "some test message". This should get logged into your syslog.log

-Sri

Re: Syslog deamon problem

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:12:03 GMT

There may be an invisible character in the syslog.conf file.

The best bet now is to punt and restore an old one from backup or a working system.

SEP

Re: Syslog deamon problem

Robert True — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:28:24 GMT

Don't know about HPUX, but spaces instead of tabs in a Solaris /etc/syslog.conf file can screw it up.

Rt.

Re: Syslog deamon problem

Prashant Zanwar_4 — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:46:30 GMT

Try restarting from console, some error will pop-up.
And also test with logger if syslog is getting updated. If required copy a backed up file back. Or some other server may help you in dignosis.

Thanks
Prashant

Re: Syslog deamon problem

Jeff Schussele — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:52:06 GMT

Hi,

The syslog.conf file can be very sensitive to it's contents & format.
You may want to copy /usr/newconfig/etc/syslog.conf down to /etc to get a good clean restart on this file & then *carefully* add your mods - one at a time w/restarts - to see just what/where the problem lies.

HTH,
Jeff