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# 1  
Old 09-26-2012
syslog is not getting written
hi all

syslog is not getting written.
i am getting following two logs snmpd.log & authlog logs.

please tell what are two logs snmpd.log & authlog logs.
why syslog is not written.
# 2  
Old 09-26-2012
is Syslog daemon running?
have you modified /etc/syslog.conf ?
# 3  
Old 09-26-2012
Pls be way more specific, supply system information, log files, conf files, samples of what you tried. Did you write to syslog?
# 4  
Old 09-27-2012
hi orange47 & RudiC thanks for your replay

how to check Syslog daemon running is running or not
i do not have /etc/syslog.conf file
after going to /etc after pressing tab it shows the following
Code:
/etc/sys
sysdef    sysevent/

i found the config directory in /etc/sysevent/config location.
Code:
my syslog location is 
# cd /var/log/
# ls -lrt
total 198
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     sys          512 Jul 19  2011 pool
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other         27 Jul 19  2011 brlog
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     sys          512 Jul 19  2011 swupas
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        3438 Jul 19  2011 postrun.log
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     sys          512 Jul 19  2011 webconsole
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         2304 Oct 19  2011 syslog.7
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other        722 Oct 20  2011 sysidconfig.log
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys          766 Oct 21  2011 syslog.6
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         1229 Nov  7  2011 syslog.5
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         1229 Nov 22  2011 syslog.4
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         1229 Nov 23  2011 syslog.3
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         6053 Dec 26  2011 syslog.2
-rw-------   1 root     sys          112 Jan  3  2012 syslog.1
-rw-------   1 root     sys        44037 Jan 15  2012 syslog.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         329 Sep 25 11:28 snmpd.log
-rw-------   1 root     sys        28080 Sep 26 12:37 authlog

and what are snmpd.log & authlog log why why are generated.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 09-27-2012 at 05:15 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 5  
Old 09-27-2012
This does not look like syslog is running. Check with ps. If no process exists called sth. like xysyslogdxy, search on. There's quite a few syslog packages in them thar hills - any of them installed? If yes, is it started at system boot? When did you boot last time?
# 6  
Old 09-27-2012
hi RudiC thanks for your replay

there is no process like sth but there is syslogd process
the package is install there it is also (syslog) started at boot we restart 2 days back


# ps -ef|grep sth
root 12130 12128 0 17:01:19 pts/1 0:00 grep sth
#ps -ef|grep sth
root 12130 12128 0 17:01:19 pts/1 0:00 grep sth

# ps -ef|grep syslogd
root 5780 1 0 Sep 25 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd
root 12134 12128 0 17:01:56 pts/1 0:00 grep syslogd

# pkginfo |grep -i sendmail
system SUNWsndmr Sendmail (root)
system SUNWsndmu Sendmail (/usr)
# 7  
Old 09-27-2012
If you have the command lsof on your system, issue lsof 5780 and post results. pls use code tags for readability.
BTW, "sth" meant "something".
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