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 53F1A138A1A for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:02:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 42958E0A4A; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:02:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-f177.google.com (mail-pd0-f177.google.com [209.85.192.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 304C8E09E1 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:02:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pdno5 with SMTP id o5so9401008pdn.8 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2015 07:02:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=JFSaG44n73ArrMwbPTygj7yhrBz/vu1fT8zVueHmh98=; b=j8DFu5OzMXZDEBkiFYy1YTbtSY9ybvLh7zv9HlNMNH6GofzlfOC+8RPaw7YuIzy0eR Tpmp/VoBuJeYoEKRAQdrDqEu4ktSqbXJyJTpNpKt0q+2wgWg2p4/7qsKYcN2/Iiu1NuU rwUMOqCXHe4CCCOrah3x3Q5vAG6CgJDOxo6om7DbaZ59Bw+mwC9uL3oWl19dEoUOgfi1 /gsVX/AREAVf2yucXKuh2eBE2Whv7JBnnM3Q4mAdTKoU6JhgfetBmCmJNRnsn24wYH/B APHEHEmwLbPfzVslfU5u+S1zb/3cXNYU9/919XfxcxZsTXMUga8IothHa80y6ZywWsGA 9CGA== 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 X-Received: by 10.68.132.67 with SMTP id os3mr29814493pbb.1.1423494166243; Mon, 09 Feb 2015 07:02:46 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.70.85.39 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 07:02:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <30642.1423492011@ccs.covici.com> References: <20150209094818.GA3218@acm.fritz.box> <54D886B2.3060302@hanft.de> <201502091150.01015.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <54D89F96.3000503@alectenharmsel.com> <30642.1423492011@ccs.covici.com> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 10:02:46 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: XG_PDUQUuQ_2uvSdfTUhSAWQ7ZQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I don't seem to have a system log. Help, please! From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: a4a4820e-8de6-424f-a069-91d481bd597e X-Archives-Hash: fdbb65c51716313a218a52c4151f66f4 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. -- Rich