Re: Logs not being saved (/var/log/messages, etc)?

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Bye
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:19:12PM +, Matt Bostock wrote: > I think I fixed it guys, thanks for all of your help. > > Syslogd was choking because /var/log/messages didn't exist. I touched that, > restarted and all was working again. I did the same for the others (auth.log > etc), and things se

Re: Logs not being saved (/var/log/messages, etc)?

2006-05-09 Thread Matt Bostock
I think I fixed it guys, thanks for all of your help. Syslogd was choking because /var/log/messages didn't exist. I touched that, restarted and all was working again. I did the same for the others (auth.log etc), and things seem ok now. Many thanks, Matt :) ___

Re: Logs not being saved (/var/log/messages, etc)?

2006-05-09 Thread Iantcho Vassilev
On 5/9/06, Matt Bostock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, The usual system logs such as /var/log/messages are not being saved. /var/log/messages does not exist, but /var/log/messages.0 (the old rotated version) does. I've tried a 'tail /dev/klog' and it returns 'device busy'. syslogd -dv isn't re

RE: Logs not being saved (/var/log/messages, etc)?

2006-05-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net
> The usual system logs such as /var/log/messages are not being saved. > /var/log/messages does not exist, but /var/log/messages.0 > (the old rotated > version) does. if theres a rotated log, there should be a source for, too. check permissions on /var/log (eg. schg-flag) maybe there's some odd r