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Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty

From John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty
Date 2023-11-21 11:20 +0100
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hmmm, I looked at the release notes, but it does not say how to
restore the old behavior, it just says many files are no longer
necessary and lists them.  I am using logwatch and that program seems
to be effected, I would be OK, if I could get logwatch to work
properly.

On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 04:32:35 -0500,
Christoph Brinkhaus wrote:
> 
> [1  <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>]
> Am Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 05:01:50PM -0500 schrieb John Covici:
> > Hi.  I am using bookworm with latest updates and /var/log/syslog is
> > empty, even though rsyslog is runniing.  I am also using logwatch and
> > not getting at least some responses I should get such as fail2ban.
> > These may be separate problems, but any help on those would be
> > appreciated.  I saw a previous thread, but it does not seem to apply
> > to my situation.
> 
> Hi John,
> from Bookworm on the default log system has been changed to the
> systemd-mechanism only. In the Bookworm release notes is a section about
> logging. It describes how to re-enable the conventional logging
> facilities. I hope this pointer is helpful.
> 
> > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > How do
> > you spend it?
> > 
> >          John Covici wb2una
> >          covici@ccs.covici.com
> > 
> This is a very wise statement. Mine is just a joke in German.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Christoph
> -- 
> Ist die Katze gesund
> schmeckt sie dem Hund.
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Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici wb2una
         covici@ccs.covici.com

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in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> - 2023-11-20 23:10 +0100
  Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-11-21 10:40 +0100
    Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-11-21 11:20 +0100
      Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> - 2023-11-21 14:20 +0100
    Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty John Covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> - 2023-11-21 11:20 +0100
      Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de> - 2023-11-21 12:00 +0100
      Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty fxkl47BF@protonmail.com - 2023-11-21 12:30 +0100
      Re: in Debian bookworm /var/log/syslog is empty Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-11-21 12:50 +0100

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