Where's many of the system logs?

Where's many of the system logs?

[RoundDuck Man]

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I wonder where they are at, they aren't in /var/log. There isn't some
alternative like Journal (obviously Journal isn't available, Shepherd vs
systemd) either. Do I need to download a logger?

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Re: Where's many of the system logs?

[Leo Famulari]

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On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 08:32:01PM -0400, RoundDuck Man wrote:
> I wonder where they are at, they aren't in /var/log. There isn't some
> alternative like Journal (obviously Journal isn't available, Shepherd vs
> systemd) either. Do I need to download a logger?

Which logs are you missing?

They should be found in /var/log. If some service's logs are being lost,
it's worth filing a bug about that service.

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Re: Where's many of the system logs?

[RoundDuck Man]

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Let me try again, this time posting to the main list too...

I'm meaning logs like auth.log or syslog. Some logs are in /var/log, but
many of the major ones, like lastlog, syslog, and auth.log arr missing. Are
the logs different in GuixSD like with systemd's journal?



On Aug 8, 2017 10:01 AM, "Leo Famulari" <leo@famulari.name> wrote:

Hi!

Can you send this reply to the list, and not just me?

I don't have an immediate answer, but maybe somebody else does.

On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 07:28:01PM -0400, RoundDuck Man wrote:
> I'm meaning logs like auth.log or syslog. Some logs are in /var/log, but
> many of the major ones, like lastlog, syslog, and auth.log arr missing.
Are
> the logs different in GuixSD like with systemd's journal?
>
> On Aug 7, 2017 2:22 PM, "Leo Famulari" <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 08:32:01PM -0400, RoundDuck Man wrote:
> > I wonder where they are at, they aren't in /var/log. There isn't some
> > alternative like Journal (obviously Journal isn't available, Shepherd vs
> > systemd) either. Do I need to download a logger?
>
> Which logs are you missing?
>
> They should be found in /var/log. If some service's logs are being lost,
> it's worth filing a bug about that service.

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Re: Where's many of the system logs?

[Ricardo Wurmus]

RoundDuck Man <roundduckman2@gmail.com> writes:

> Let me try again, this time posting to the main list too...
>
> I'm meaning logs like auth.log or syslog. Some logs are in /var/log, but
> many of the major ones, like lastlog, syslog, and auth.log arr missing. Are
> the logs different in GuixSD like with systemd's journal?

By default everything (with few exceptions) goes to /var/log/messages.
With additional syslog configuration you could split individual
facilities out to separate log files, but this isn’t done by default.

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Ricardo

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Re: Where's many of the system logs?

[RoundDuck Man]

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Oooh. Are they binary or text?

On Aug 8, 2017 4:21 PM, "Ricardo Wurmus" <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

>
> RoundDuck Man <roundduckman2@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Let me try again, this time posting to the main list too...
> >
> > I'm meaning logs like auth.log or syslog. Some logs are in /var/log, but
> > many of the major ones, like lastlog, syslog, and auth.log arr missing.
> Are
> > the logs different in GuixSD like with systemd's journal?
>
> By default everything (with few exceptions) goes to /var/log/messages.
> With additional syslog configuration you could split individual
> facilities out to separate log files, but this isn’t done by default.
>
> --
> Ricardo
>
> GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6  2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC
> https://elephly.net
>
>

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Re: Where's many of the system logs?

[RoundDuck Man]

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Probably text already, don't answer my "are logs text or binary" question,
thank you for answering.

On Aug 8, 2017 4:21 PM, "Ricardo Wurmus" <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

>
> RoundDuck Man <roundduckman2@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Let me try again, this time posting to the main list too...
> >
> > I'm meaning logs like auth.log or syslog. Some logs are in /var/log, but
> > many of the major ones, like lastlog, syslog, and auth.log arr missing.
> Are
> > the logs different in GuixSD like with systemd's journal?
>
> By default everything (with few exceptions) goes to /var/log/messages.
> With additional syslog configuration you could split individual
> facilities out to separate log files, but this isn’t done by default.
>
> --
> Ricardo
>
> GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6  2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC
> https://elephly.net
>
>

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