I'm currently on Fedora 20 (Heisenbug), and still have a /var/log/messages.
I would add that the old messages are still there - and journalctl simply brings another method of finding the information you're looking for. journalctl -b is equivalent to dmesg. ~Steven On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Andrew Z <[email protected]> wrote: > And how is this better? > On Jan 31, 2014 1:26 AM, "ToddAndMargo" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Reference: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Release_ >> Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html >> >> I just noticed FC20 changed system logging. That is going to >> take some getting use to. RHEL 7 perhaps? >> >> -T >> >> >> 2.8.1. Syslog removed from default installation >> syslog is no longer included in default installations. journald >> logging serves most use cases as well as, or better than, syslogd. >> >> Users accustomed to checking /var/log/messages for system logs should >> instead use journalctl. >> >> journalctl command examples: >> >> newjournalctl | old messages >> --------------------------------+----------------------------- >> journalctl | less /var/log/messages >> journalctl -f | tail -f /var/log/messages >> journalctl --unit named.service | grep named /var/log/messages >> journalctl -b | Shows logs from current boot, >> | no simple equivalent. >> >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Computers are like air conditioners. >> They malfunction when you open windows >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > -- <http://stevenmiano.com/> Miano, Steven M. http://stevenmiano.com
