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Re: where is mail.log

From Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: where is mail.log
Date 2024-12-02 16:10 +0100
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Hello,

On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 01:08:52PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> We do not want a different logging system for each daemon.

Unfortunately rather common practice though even before systemd-journald
of course: Exim, Apache HTTPD Server, HAProxy, … (some of these CAN be
configured to log to syslog, it's just not their default state)

I think in the past syslog was regarded as fairly low throughput and
potentially slow to complete. Also older syslog implementations could
only filter by facility and priority. So high throughput logging like for a web
server (access logs etc), which also often wanted to split by things like
vhost, were encouraged to do own logging.

Decent syslog implementations like rsyslog or syslog-ng have been fast
and full of features for ages though. Maybe app authors don't want to
assume their presence - and assume which one? App-specific logging does
have the benefit that the documentation for splitting the logs by some
attribute can come with the app.

I am in two minds whether the prevalence of journald will encourage or
discourage projects from growing their own logs. On the one hand it's
easy to display by unit, on the other hand I rarely see people doing
that and when there's a lot of logs they just complain.

Thanks,
Andy

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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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