Hello list, For some time now I've had syslog-ng writing /var/log/messages in a binary format:
# file /var/log/messages /var/log/messages: data # grep syslog-ng /var/log/messages Binary file /var/log/messages matches Yet: # head /var/log/messages Dec 21 03:10:02 wstn run-crons[29014]: (root) CMD (/etc/cron.daily/man-db) [...] Can I use the following method to restore the original text format of /var/log/messages? 1. Boot rescue system and mount main system 2. # cd /mnt/main/var/log 3. # mv messages messages.bin 4. # strings messages.bin > messages 5. # rm messages.bin 6. Reboot. I tried steps 1 - 4 and got a text file with very long lines, but I chickened out before rebooting. It would be nice to find a config setting that's changed, but the change log is silent and the admin guide gives me a headache :-( -- Rgds Peter.
