On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Camaleón wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:59:56 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
On 03/22/12 10:47, Camaleón wrote:
To be sincere, I'm still unsure about what log file holds what
information. In openSUSE, the main log was "/var/log/messages" and
you
had to look there to see the most relevant information, but here
(Debian) seems to be "/var/log/syslog". Then there are additional
small
files for authentication, user and other stuff I never remember
which
is disseminated into small registries files.
Take a look at /etc/rsyslog.conf
Nothing of interest (for the matter) here.
and
man rsyslog.conf rsyslogd
Still no way to know where messages are being dropped.
I would like to see more integration/compatibility in this regard
coming
from all distributions.
All your questions will be answered (albeit cryptically) there.
Mmm... I'm afraid they're not ;-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
Perhaps I didn't understand your question.
Those man pages, along with the rsyslog.conf file will give you the
general rules governing which messages get sent into which log files.
Any particular messages will be a special case of those general
rules. I did say that they were cryptic. So the application of the
rules may require specialized knowledge, often available only by
examining the source code.
Perhaps your question was prompted by the need for that specialized
knowledge? If that's the case, I apologize for misunderstanding.
Rick
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