> >> And do you mean there is no /var/log/messages or
> that there are no new
> >> messages there when you try to print?
> >>
> >> And if there is a /var/log/messages file and you
> can't access it as root
> > then you've got another problem that may be more
> serious and/or may be
> > related as that would indicate that root might not be
> root.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
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>
> it appears like this:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mario]# /var/log/
> audit/ gdm/ prelink/ vdr/
> BackupPC/ httpd/ samba/
> bittorrent/ mail/ setroubleshoot/
> cups/ ppp/ vbox/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mario]# /var/log/messages
> bash: /var/log/messages: Access Denied ---------
> translated in
> english
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mario]#--
Try
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mario]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Then use <CTRL> + <C> to exit/quit the tail part.
here's an example
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ tail -f /var/log/messages
tail: cannot open `/var/log/messages' for reading: Permission denied
tail: no files remaining
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su -
Password:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Jul 30 10:00:14 localhost martian: info: session: Started Wed Jul 30 10:00:14
2008
Jul 30 10:00:50 localhost pppd[21951]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0
Jul 30 10:00:50 localhost pppd[21951]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 30 10:00:50 localhost pppd[21951]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Jul 30 10:00:51 localhost pppd[21951]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jul 30 10:00:51 localhost pppd[21951]: Cannot determine ethernet address for
proxy ARP
Jul 30 10:00:51 localhost pppd[21951]: local IP address 66.201.8.154
Jul 30 10:00:51 localhost pppd[21951]: remote IP address 66.201.8.6
Jul 30 10:00:51 localhost pppd[21951]: primary DNS address 66.201.0.203
Jul 30 10:00:51 localhost pppd[21951]: secondary DNS address 66.94.120.9
Regards,
Antonio
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