[Fedora] no entries in /var/log/* - FC3

[Götz Reinicke]

Hi,

thanks for the hint, I did a manuall (logrotate -f -v 
/etc/logrotate.conf) logrotate and get an error


error: error running shared postrotate script for /var/log/messages 
/var/log/secure /var/log/maillog /var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log 
/var/log/cron

But what causes this error?

syslogd is still running and the pid-file is in the right place

Regards



replies-lists-redhat at listmail.innovate.net wrote:

> i would suggest running logrotate manually (you'll probably need to use
> the -f flag to make it actually run), and see if you get any errors or
> warnings. that *might* give you some ideas or hints
> 
> i'm assuming that you've confirmed that syslogd is (still) running
> after  logrotate runs. if it is, do a "kill -HUP" on it. also, check
> that it's pid file is in the location indicated by the
> logroate.d/syslog script. if syslogd stops running when logrotate is
> run, then running logrotate manually should give you a hint of what the
> problem is.
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> 
>>From: Götz Reinicke <goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de>
>>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>Date: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 02:48:05 PM +0100
>>Subject: Re: [Fedora] no entries in /var/log/* - FC3
>>
>>
>>
>>Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>>
>>>Götz Reinicke wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>After a /etc/init.d/syslog restart the logs are written until they 
>>>>have to be rotated, then no new entries are loged (The empty
>>>>logfile  is touched). :-((
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas? What to check?
>>>
>>>
>>>   Make sure /etc/logrotate.d/syslog is actually restarting syslog
>>>   as  well.  Mine looks like this:
>>
>><...>
>>
>>Mine /etc/logrotate.d/syslog looks exactly the same.
>>
>>any more ideas?
>>
>>Regards
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>>Götz Reinicke
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