Re: empty log files

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On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 10:34 +0100, michael wrote:
> I can't recall doing anything 'wrong' but I now notice most of my log
> files are, unexpectedly, empty (see example, below). Anybody care to
> suggest how I can debug why this is so? Thanks, M
> 
> mkb@veri:/var/log$ ls -lt |head -33
> total 163828
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp      321792 2008-07-01 10:29 wtmp
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       28525 2008-07-01 10:14 Xorg.0.log
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root        4096 2008-07-01 10:14 gdm/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       26360 2008-07-01 10:13 dmesg
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root        4096 2008-07-01 10:13 sa/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root      292584 2008-06-30 22:43 lastlog
> -rw------- 1 root utmp   164902656 2008-06-30 22:28 btmp
> drwxr-xr-x 2 lp   sys         4096 2008-06-30 20:52 cups/
> drwx------ 2 root root       12288 2008-06-30 20:00 tiger/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       29008 2008-06-30 16:49 Xorg.0.log.old
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       52438 2008-06-30 09:13 rpmpkgs
> -rw------- 1 root root         252 2008-06-29 17:08 yum.log
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-29 04:38 boot.log
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-29 04:38 cron
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-29 04:38 maillog
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-29 04:38 messages
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-29 04:38 secure
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root        4096 2008-06-29 04:38 setroubleshoot/
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-29 04:38 spooler
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       52403 2008-06-28 04:39 rpmpkgs.1
> drwxr-x--- 2 root root        4096 2008-06-26 22:59 audit/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root      827985 2008-06-25 10:46 scrollkeeper.log
> -rw------- 1 root root       30920 2008-06-25 10:46 yum.log.1
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-23 14:30 boot.log.1
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-23 14:30 cron.1
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-23 14:30 maillog.1
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-23 14:30 messages.1
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-23 14:30 secure.1
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-23 14:30 spooler.1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       52208 2008-06-21 04:39 rpmpkgs.2
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-15 04:38 boot.log.2
> -rw------- 1 root root           0 2008-06-15 04:38 cron.2
> 

and here's my 
mkb@veri:/var/log$ cat /etc/syslog.conf 
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.*                                                 /dev/console

# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none                /var/log/messages

# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.*                                              /var/log/secure

# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.*
-/var/log/maillog


# Log cron stuff
cron.*                                                  /var/log/cron

# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg                                                 *

# Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.
uucp,news.crit                                          /var/log/spooler

# Save boot messages also to boot.log
local7.*                                                /var/log/boot.log

mkb@veri:/var/log$ 



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