Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng: how to read the log files

[lee <lee@yagibdah.de>]

Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes:

> On Wed, 18 February 2015, at 8:40 pm, lee <lee@yagibdah.de> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The log file seem to be some sort of binary that doesn't display too
>>>> well in less, and there doesn't seem to be any way to read them.
>>> 
>>> I believe this may be bug 406623.
>>> 
>>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406623
>> 
>> That's almost three years old and should apparently be fixed?
>
> It's only been closed in the last few weeks. 

Still I wonder why it took so long to fix it.

> See for example, comment 36, November last year (i.e. 3 or 4 months old), "This isn't resolved unless commit f4ae768 is backported or >=3.5.6 is stabilised."
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406623#c36
>
> Since you haven't told us what version of syslog-ng you're running, I think it's reasonable to suspect you've not updated it recently.

The server was installed the week before the last, starting with the
latest live DVD.  It has been updated.  I can't tell what version it is
because it's at work.

> Of course the characters could be left in your logfile from months ago, if you've not been rotating logs.
>
> If it's not that bug, though, you should prolly file a new one.

Dunno, I've edited the file and removed the null characters.  Time will
tell whether new ones will be logged or not.


IIUC, syslog-ng handles rotating the logs.  Do I need to do something to
make it rotate them?


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