On Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 11:57:55 AM UTC-5 Charlie T wrote: OK...well that's strange. */var/log/syslog* is NOT updating. Even with a "chmod 777 syslog"...still no updates to syslog.
in general, redhat systems use /var/log/messages, debian systems use /var/log/syslog systems that use systemd might swallow some or all of the system logging into systemd-journald, leaving you with nothing in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages. if you are on one of those systems, then you'll have to use journalctl to view the log messages. if you want to see the contents of /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog without having to escalate privileges, you should change the permissions in the rsyslog configuration (/etc/rsyslog.conf) and/or logrotate configuration. i do not recall whether this is possible on systemd systems that have hijacked *all* of the system logging into journald. your 'chmod 777' will go away at the next log rotation and/or rsyslog restart, and you really don't want to give world write privileges on system files like that anyway. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/d35daf5a-9027-4eed-8957-03b153554bd9n%40googlegroups.com.
