I'm working out issues with my mail installation. journalctl use is presenting a yak-shaving problem.
short version: journalctl is not displaying all the messages I need to see when I use the -u option When I view mail delivery system messages with journalctl -a -f -u dovecot -p 0..7 I get a stream of messages like: Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap-login: Login: user=<michael>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5118, secured, session=<Kmh9icVCsNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Effective uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/michael Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/michael/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/home/michael/Maildir, alt= Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Logged out in=32 out=496 Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap-login: Login: user=<michael>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5120, secured, session=<Yq1/icVCstAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Effective uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/michael Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/michael/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/home/michael/Maildir, alt= Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Logged out in=44 out=1019 When I invoke journalctl to view all messages other dovecot information appears, including what I want: journalctl -a -r -p 0..7 Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): sieve: msgid=<CAMMUjnv860_ktaNGDr01r1V9j=5u_sspbx4nsva4m5phvyd...@mail.gmail.com>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' [email protected] can y Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: virtual size (Cache file is unusable) Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: copying Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Mailer (Cache file is unusable) Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Bogosity (Cache file is unusable) Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Spam-Status (Cache file is unusable) Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: header List-Id (Cache file is unusable) Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-BeenThere (Cache file is unusable) Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: Opened mail UID=1 because: header List-Id (Cache file is unusable) Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Executing script from `/home/michael/.dovecot.svbin' Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: binary save: not saving binary /home/michael/.dovecot.svbin, because it is already stored Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Script binary /home/michael/.dovecot.svbin successfully loaded Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file script: Opened script `mail-lists' from `/home/michael/Maildir/sieve/mail-lists.sieve' Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file storage: Relative path to sieve storage in active link: Maildir/sieve/ Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file storage: Using script storage path: /home/michael/Maildir/sieve/ Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file storage: Using active Sieve script path: /home/michael/.dovecot.sieve Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Loading script /home/michael/.dovecot.sieve Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Opening script 1 of 1 from `/home/michael/.dovecot.sieve' (Yes, I'm aware that in the first case I'm following / tailing the journal and in the second going back through history, that does not affect the display results. It does make it easy for me to grab samples) What do I need to do to either display the lda messages alone or get the -u dovecot version to display them? -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
