Re: Empty logs on VPS server

2017-07-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 09:50:03AM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > Hubert Hauser wrote: > > I wanted out of curiosity to see what is in /var/log/auth.log and I > > seen empty file. All files in /var/log/ except files in /var/log/nginx > > are empty. > > Probably the template from your VPS provider la

Re: Empty logs on VPS server

2017-07-26 Thread Sven Hartge
Hubert Hauser wrote: > I wanted out of curiosity to see what is in /var/log/auth.log and I > seen empty file. All files in /var/log/ except files in /var/log/nginx > are empty. Probably the template from your VPS provider lacks the package rsyslog, cause the logs only to be available via journa

Re: Empty logs

2016-04-04 Thread anxiousmac
On Tuesday, 5 April 2016 05:50:04 UTC+1, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > Hello! > > > I have /var/log/messages since some days empty. How could I repair that? > Before it when I run sudo tail -F /var/log/messages I always could see > everything. > > > Please help! Have a look at the "Wireless Disc