Re: Attempting to configure syslogd for logging doas

[ben]

Hello, Raf;

After creating the doas log file I was able to syslog was able to write
messages to the file. I read the man page for newsyslog and have
configured it for the doas log. Thank you for you help.

Ben Raskin.

Re: Attempting to configure syslogd for logging doas

[Raf Czlonka]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 08:59:40PM GMT, b...@0x1bi.net wrote:
> I'm attempting to configure syslogd via syslog.conf. I've added two
> lines which log all doas events:
> 
>   default configuration here...
> 
>   !doas
>   *.* /var/log/doas
> 
> However, after restarting syslogd and attempting to running commands
> through doas, /var/log/doas is not being created.
> 
> Am I missing something? Is this exclusive to doas? Thank you in
> advance.
> 
> Ben Raskin.
> 

Hi Ben,

After syslogd(8) manual page:

CAVEATS
 syslogd does not create files, it only logs to existing ones.

So, in general, after you make your changes to syslog.conf(5), i.e.:

# install -m 0600 /dev/null /var/log/doas && rcctl reload syslogd

Also, don't forget about newsyslog(8)!

BTW, in case you aren't aware, doas usage is already logged into
/var/log/secure.

Regards,

Raf

Attempting to configure syslogd for logging doas

[ben]

I'm attempting to configure syslogd via syslog.conf. I've added two
lines which log all doas events:

default configuration here...

!doas
*.* /var/log/doas

However, after restarting syslogd and attempting to running commands
through doas, /var/log/doas is not being created.

Am I missing something? Is this exclusive to doas? Thank you in
advance.

Ben Raskin.