Hardware - Support => Start up and Shutdown => Topic started by: Earthenware on May 20, 2014, 08:38:49 AM
Title: Rsyslogd not logging to file
Post by: Earthenware on May 20, 2014, 08:38:49 AM
Hi,
On my system, Rsyslogd sometimes stops logging to files. It's random and happens maybe every other week. It doesn't coincide with any changes or updates.
I found a diagnostic that told me to run the following command: /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -f/etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf -N1
The output is: rsyslogd: version 5.8.6, config validation run (level 1), master config /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf rsyslogd: WARNING: rsyslogd is running in compatibility mode. Automatically generated config directives may interfer with your rsyslog.conf settings. We suggest upgrading your config and adding -c5 as the first rsyslogd option. rsyslogd: Warning: backward compatibility layer added to following directive to rsyslog.conf: ModLoad immark rsyslogd: Warning: backward compatibility layer added to following directive to rsyslog.conf: MarkMessagePeriod 1200 rsyslogd: Warning: backward compatibility layer added to following directive to rsyslog.conf: ModLoad imuxsock rsyslogd: End of config validation run. Bye.
So, it looks like I have to add -c5 as the first syslogd option.
The problem is, I have absolutely no idea how to do this. Can anyone help please?
Title: Re: Rsyslogd not logging to file
Post by: N4RPS on May 20, 2014, 10:38:21 PM
Hello!
Catfish found these instances of syslog.conf. You can try editing one of these in the Text Editor (Leafpad):
sudo leafpad /etc/rsyslog.conf sudo leafpad /etc/init/rsyslog.conf Hope this helps...
73 DE N4RPS Rob
Title: Re: Rsyslogd not logging to file
Post by: Earthenware on May 21, 2014, 10:55:56 AM
Thanks for the help.
I tried some changes but they didn't make any difference.
I need a reliable syslog so I've removed rsyslogd and I'm trying syslog-ng now. It's working fine at the moment. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it's reliable.