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calef13

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 142

syslog filled with unmanageable messages

Hi,

Whatever is being logged to my syslog is being written without newline characters and I can't really tell what these messages mean, so I don't know which config file to consult to turn off the logging. Can someone possibly suggest a program which is causing the following:

Aug 22 15:10:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5384', processed='center(received)=4543', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=522', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=139', processed='destination(authlog)=4021', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4543'
Aug 22 15:20:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5386', processed='center(received)=4544', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=523', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=140', processed='destination(authlog)=4021', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4544'
Aug 22 15:30:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5388', processed='center(received)=4545', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=524', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=141', processed='destination(authlog)=4021', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4545'
Aug 22 15:40:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5390', processed='center(received)=4546', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=525', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=142', processed='destination(authlog)=4021', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4546'
Aug 22 15:50:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5392', processed='center(received)=4547', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=526', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=143', processed='destination(authlog)=4021', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4547'
Aug 22 16:00:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5394', processed='center(received)=4548', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=527', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=144', processed='destination(authlog)=4021', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4548'
Aug 22 16:10:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5399', processed='center(received)=4552', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=528', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=145', processed='destination(authlog)=4024', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4552'
Aug 22 16:20:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5401', processed='center(received)=4553', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=529', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=146', processed='destination(authlog)=4024', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4553'
Aug 22 16:30:22 greynode syslog-ng[6670]: Log statistics; processed='center(queued)=5403', processed='center(received)=4554', processed='destination(console)=0', processed='destination(mail)=0', processed='destination(user)=0', processed='destination(uucp)=0', processed='destination(messages)=329', processed='destination(news)=0', processed='destination(iptables)=0', processed='destination(everything)=530', processed='destination(lpr)=0', processed='destination(cron)=0', processed='destination(syslog)=147', processed='destination(authlog)=4024', processed='destination(errors)=0', processed='destination(kernel)=373', processed='destination(daemon)=0', processed='source(src)=4554'

That is a sample, there is much more and it is preventing other system messages from being easily readable.

EDIT: ok,they are quite readable once I posted them here, but can someone tell me where they are coming from?

Calef13

Last edited by calef13 (2007-08-22 15:52:10)

loserMcloser

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From: Canada

Registered: 2004-12-15

Posts: 130

Re: syslog filled with unmanageable messages

Isn't it syslog itself, writing out its own statistics? There is a newline at the end of it, it's just that the statistics entry is really long and wraps around on your terminal. Try

grep -v "Log statistics" /var/log/syslog.log | less

if you want to see the contents of syslog.log without the annoying statistics entries.

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: syslog filled with unmanageable messages

Add "stats (0);" to the options array in /etc/syslog-ng.conf.

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