Syslog deamon problem

[M. Tariq Ayub]

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

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

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

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Robert True]

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

Rt.

[Prashant Zanwar_4]

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

[Jeff Schussele]

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