03-17-2009
/var/log/messages and secure not updating
Hello all,
I recently deleted some lines from the messages and secure files, in /var/log and now they are not keeping a log anymore. The last update shows the date of when I deleted the lines.
I had to delete some failed login attempts to stop denyhosts from blocking the ips (probably not the best way to do it).
I'm using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 4).
Could somebody help me to get this fixed?
Thanks,
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
ds.log
ds.log(4) File Formats ds.log(4)
NAME
ds.log - Availability Suite data services log file
DESCRIPTION
The /var/adm/ds.log file contains the Availability Suite data services command log. The administration commands log activities to the file
in the format:
date time product: message
Note that when the size of the log file exceeds 10 Mbytes, ds.log is renamed /var/adm/ds.log.bak and a new /var/adm/ds.log file is cre-
ated.
The ds.log fields are:
date
The date format is mmm nn, where mmm is the local three-character abbreviation for the month and nn is the day of the month on which
the event occurred.
time
The time of the event, in hh:mm:ss format.
product
A product code that identifies which component of the data services produced the event. The code is separated from the message that
follows by a colon (:) and a space.
message
A message that can extend over more than one line describing the event that occurred. The second or following lines are not pre-
fixed by the date, time, and product code strings.
EXAMPLES
The example below shows sample ds.log file content:
Jan 25 05:26:17 ii: iiboot suspend cluster tag <none>
Jan 25 05:32:02 ii: iiboot resume cluster tag <none>
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/bigmaster
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/bigshadow
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/mstvxfs
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/master01
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|Architecture | x86 |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|Availability | SUNWscmu |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|Interface Stability | Committed |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
iiadm(1M), sndradm(1M), svadm(1M), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 08 Jun 2007 ds.log(4)