Hi, On 17/07/13 01:20, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 17.07.2013 00:07, schrieb Glenn English: >> Why are there 3 logging daemons (syslogd, rsyslog, and syslog-ng) on >> Wheezy? (There's only syslogd on my one remaining Lenny box, looks >> like two (no ng) on Squeeze.) All three are enabled, and at least >> some logging seems to happen. Does /dev/log send to all of them? Do >> they all write to the same files in /var/log? Is Udev somehow >> involved in this? Have I got something badly bent? > > sysklogd is dead, and has been removed from the archive. You shouldn't > use it anymore. > rsyslog and syslog-ng are both featureful syslog implementations. > rsyslog is the default in Debian since 3 releases now. It understands > the syntax of the old sysklogd, so if you familiar with that, this is > probably your best bet.
modulo xconsole: the xconsole related stuff in your former /etc/syslog.conf must be commented/neutralised to avoid troubles. > > As for all three enabled: That should not be possible: Those package > conflict with each other. If you really managed to install all three of > them, then you must have forced apt/dpkg to do so. > > Michael > > Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51e5d6be.4010...@rezozer.net
