From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E7F1138A1A for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:09:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 218CDE0A5A; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:09:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98964E09E1 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t19F9Tjs023279 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 10:09:30 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.14.8) with ESMTP id t19F9TpC005400 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 10:09:29 -0500 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please! In-reply-to: References: <20150209094818.GA3218@acm.fritz.box> <54D886B2.3060302@hanft.de> <201502091150.01015.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <54D89F96.3000503@alectenharmsel.com> <30642.1423492011@ccs.covici.com> Comments: In-reply-to Rich Freeman message dated "Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:02:46 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.5; nmh 1.6; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <5398.1423494569.1@ccs.covici.com> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:09:29 -0500 Message-ID: <5399.1423494569@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-t19F9Tjs023279 X-Archives-Salt: fa259d30-8eba-4a80-9a0b-dd32f7cd65d0 X-Archives-Hash: 73386c492a8f72608294530d26f3b4b6 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:26 AM, wrote: > > > > I wonder if the original poster is using systemd? > > He already said he isn't. He just was looking for the wrong filename. > > > Also, I find journalctl very clumsy to find things about a specific > > program, such as mail logs or whatever -- unless I am missing > > something. > > Well, the journal only contains stuff sent to it. So, if apache dumps > some stuff to stdout or to /dev/log or whatever then it will be in the > journal. If apache dumps its logs directly to a file in > /var/log/apache then the journal won't contain it. Many files in > /var/log were not created by syslog-ng, and this would not show up in > the journal. > > > I use syslog-ng, although I get a lot of messages which say > > forwarding to syslog missed n messages from system journal, so maybe > > its a problem, but how would you use logwatch without something like > > syslog-ng? > > You'd need to use a systemd-aware log watcher. Is there such a thing? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com