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# 1  
Old 04-23-2012
/var/adm/messages empty
Hi all,

One of the server is showing empty messages

Code:
# logger -p user.error HELLO_SYSLOGD
# dmesg
Mon Apr 23 15:11:19 MYT 2012

/etc/syslog.conf file, i tried copy the conf file from another server, still it is not working
Code:
*.err;kern.notice;auth.notice                   /dev/sysmsg
*.err;kern.debug;daemon.notice;mail.crit        /var/adm/messages

*.alert;kern.err;daemon.err                     operator
*.alert                                         root

*.emerg                                         *

# if a non-loghost machine chooses to have authentication messages
# sent to the loghost machine, un-comment out the following line:
#auth.notice                    ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/authlog, @loghost)

mail.debug                      ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/syslog, @loghost)

#
# non-loghost machines will use the following lines to cause "user"
# log messages to be logged locally.
#
ifdef(`LOGHOST', ,
user.err                                        /dev/sysmsg
user.err                                        /var/adm/messages
user.alert                                      `root, operator'
user.emerg                                      *
)

Code:
# /etc/init.d/syslog stop
# /etc/init.d/syslog start
syslog service starting.

No luck also Smilie

Code:
# mv messages messages.bak
# logger -p user.error HELLO_SYSLOGD

It generate new messages file, but not logging also.

Please help. Thanks.
# 2  
Old 04-23-2012
What is your OS version? Is it the same as the other servers?
# 3  
Old 04-23-2012
Yes, same OS version for the 2 server, Solaris 9.
# 4  
Old 04-24-2012
Is there no way to fix / enable the syslog logging? Please help. Thanks in advance.
# 5  
Old 04-25-2012
1) Check disc space. Syslog will not work with low disc space.
df -k /var/adm

2) The dmesg command does not read /var/adm/messages. It reads the console buffer.
You need to read the file direct.
more /var/adm/messages

3) mv messages messages.bak
You should never delete this file with the syslogd running and you now need to create a blank replacement file with exactly the right permissions.
Much better is:
cp -p messages messages.bak
> messages

4) Check that the new /etc/syslog.conf is identical to the other computer
and that it has not been copied by any method which would expand tab characters. The file permissions must be exactly right. The tab characters are critical in this file.
cksum /etc/syslog.conf

5) Is syslogd actually running and is there only one process?
ps -ef|grep syslogd
# 6  
Old 04-25-2012
Hi methyl,

Thanks for the reply.

Code:
# df -k /var/adm
Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
/dev/vx/dsk/bootdg/rootvol
                     10086988 7939555 2046564    80%    /

Code:
# more /var/adm/messages

no output Smilie
Code:
# cksum /etc/syslog.conf
147456583       1001    /etc/syslog.conf

The cksum is same with my other server.
Code:
# ps -ef|grep syslogd
    root 16249 16149  0 08:36:49 pts/2    0:00 grep syslogd
    root  6723     1  0   Apr 24 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd

# 7  
Old 04-26-2012
If you moved the log after the previous restart, try restarting syslogd again.
Failing that you may need a reboot to clear this one.
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