ok, so I think what the issue is. I found a different rule that would do: & ~
However, that means " stop logging anything that matches the last rule", however, instead of stopping just that rule, it was stopping everything. The reason why this was stopping everything is because it didn't really match the last rle, provided that the last rule was wrapped in an if statement, hence it was completely stopping rsyslog logging. ** No longer affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: maas Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: systemd (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575337 Title: syslog.log is completely empty Status in MAAS: New Bug description: 130 roaksoax@unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ dpkg -l | grep rsyslog ii rsyslog 8.16.0-1ubuntu3 amd64 reliable system and kernel logging daemon ii rsyslog-gnutls 8.16.0-1ubuntu3 amd64 TLS protocol support for rsyslog roaksoax@unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ sudo service rsyslog status [sudo] password for roaksoax: ● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-04-26 16:12:24 EDT; 1h 39min ago Docs: man:rsyslogd(8) http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/ Main PID: 26547 (rsyslogd) Tasks: 5 (limit: 512) Memory: 1.3M CPU: 174ms CGroup: /system.slice/rsyslog.service └─26547 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n Apr 26 16:12:24 unleashed systemd[1]: Starting System Logging Service... Apr 26 16:12:24 unleashed systemd[1]: Started System Logging Service. roaksoax@unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ sudo cat /var/log/syslog roaksoax@unleashed:~/Desktop/project/packaging⟫ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1575337/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp