Re: where is mail.log

From	Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: where is mail.log
Date	2024-11-29 21:30 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 15:13:24 -0500, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
> On Thursday 28 November 2024 07:15:48 pm Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Install the rsyslog package also.  This will give you traditional,
> > human-readable log files in /var/log/.
> > 
> > Without that package, all of your logs live in systemd's journal.
> > You should be able to find them there, with some effort, but many
> > people (including me) prefer to have text files in /var/log/.
> 
> What's gained by them having changed this?  (I wonder that about a lot of stuff.)

My understanding is that the systemd journal Is Not Going Away And Tough
Nuts To You If You Don't Like It.  With that in mind, the human-readable
log files were considered redundant, and removing rsyslog from the
default package set reduces "wasted" disk space storing two copies of
the same logs.

Now, you might ask why the systemd journal is being preferred and kept
over human-readable log files.  I don't think anyone on debian-user
knows the answer to this.

So, I would advise not bothering to ask here.

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where is mail.log Bitfox <hi@bitfox.ddns.net> - 2024-11-29 01:10 +0100
  Re: where is mail.log Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-29 01:20 +0100
    Re: where is mail.log "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-11-29 21:20 +0100
      Re: where is mail.log Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-29 21:30 +0100
        Re: where is mail.log gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-11-29 22:30 +0100
        Re: where is mail.log Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-11-30 14:40 +0100
          Re: where is mail.log "Roy J. Tellason, Sr." <roy@rtellason.com> - 2024-11-30 23:30 +0100
        Re: where is mail.log Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-12-03 04:10 +0100
          Re: where is mail.log Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-12-03 04:20 +0100
            Re: where is mail.log "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2024-12-03 10:30 +0100
      Re: where is mail.log Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-29 21:50 +0100
      Re: where is mail.log pocket@homemail.com - 2024-11-29 22:40 +0100
        Re: where is mail.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-30 07:40 +0100
          Re: where is mail.log Bitfox <bitfox@secubox.org> - 2024-11-30 13:40 +0100
            Re: where is mail.log Scott Andrews <pocket@homemail.com> - 2024-11-30 14:00 +0100
              Re: where is mail.log Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> - 2024-11-30 15:10 +0100
            Re: where is mail.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-30 14:30 +0100
            Re: differences between sysvinit and systemd; was: where is mail.log Michael Kjörling <c9bc136c6063@ewoof.net> - 2024-11-30 14:30 +0100
              Re: differences between sysvinit and systemd; was: where is mail.log Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-30 15:10 +0100
                Re: differences between sysvinit and systemd Michael Kjörling <c9bc136c6063@ewoof.net> - 2024-11-30 16:50 +0100
            Re: where is mail.log Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-11-30 14:50 +0100
          Re: where is mail.log pocket@homemail.com - 2024-11-30 13:40 +0100
            Re: where is mail.log Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-30 18:00 +0100
              Re: where is mail.log Scott Andrews <pocket@homemail.com> - 2024-11-30 18:40 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-30 19:00 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log pocket@homemail.com - 2024-11-30 19:20 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-30 19:30 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-30 19:30 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-30 19:40 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-30 20:00 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-11-30 20:20 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log and the changing Linux ecosystem George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-12-01 01:10 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log and the changing Linux ecosystem Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-12-01 01:20 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log and the changing Linux ecosystem George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-12-01 01:30 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log and the changing Linux ecosystem <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-12-01 07:20 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-12-02 17:30 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log Scott Andrews <pocket@homemail.com> - 2024-11-30 20:00 +0100
                Re: where is mail.log Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-11-30 19:10 +0100
            Re: where is mail.log Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2024-12-02 13:10 +0100
  Re: where is mail.log Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-11-29 01:40 +0100
    Re: where is mail.log Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-29 03:10 +0100
      Re: where is mail.log Bitfox <hi@bitfox.ddns.net> - 2024-11-29 05:10 +0100
      Re: where is mail.log Bitfox <hi@bitfox.ddns.net> - 2024-11-29 11:40 +0100
        Re: where is mail.log George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-11-30 13:30 +0100
  Re: where is mail.log George at Clug <Clug@goproject.info> - 2024-11-29 03:50 +0100
  Re: where is mail.log Michael <ml@hemathor.de> - 2024-12-02 12:50 +0100
    Re: where is mail.log Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2024-12-02 13:10 +0100
      Re: where is mail.log Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-12-02 16:10 +0100
        Re: where is mail.log Michael <ml@hemathor.de> - 2024-12-03 11:20 +0100

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