On Friday 26 December 2014 23:33:33 I wrote: > For some time now I've had syslog-ng writing /var/log/messages in a binary > format: > [...] > 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.
Never mind. I did as I suggested and rebooted, and so far everything seems hunky-dory. Sorry for making a noise. -- Rgds Peter.
