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gabriel9

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 89

Syslog dont exist

I tried Ksystemlog and he gives me error The file '/var/log/syslog' does not exist.
Ok i go to /etc/var/log and i see that there is a file syslog, but its empty. All other logs are fine except this one.
Any hints?

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toxygen

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Registered: 2008-08-22

Posts: 713

Re: Syslog dont exist

try adding yourself to group "log"
gpasswd -a [user] log
then logout/back in

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patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: Syslog dont exist

Which system logger are you using? The default syslog-ng does not create any /var/log/syslog, so it is normal that it does not exist. Just inspect the configuration file or directly the contents of /var/log.

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gabriel9

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From: Berlin, DE

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 89

Re: Syslog dont exist

I use syslog-ng, should also i put sylog to my daemons?

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