Hi all,
I am running a Linux server ,for mail server,
Suddenly my server stopped writing logs for new log files.
there is nothing in files listed below.
/var/maillog
/var/secure
/var/bootlog
/var/message

I have rebooted the machine. but it did not worked.
Also I have restarted the /etc /rc.d/init.d/syslogd
I am having Linux Redhat 6.2
CAN anybody tell me what should be done??
Your immediate help is appriciated.
Thanks in advance.
warm regards,
mrk

Hello,

Did you modify anything in your syslog.conf (normally in /etc)? That file is very pickey on tabs vs. spaces. You can check man syslog.conf to verify the format. It's also possible that someone hacked into your machine and changed syslog.conf to cover thier tracks.

Just some things to look at.

Frank

Also, if you changed your /etc/hosts file it may have affected it. Don't recall under linux, specifically, but under some other *nixes removing the loghost entry in the hostfile will affect syslog this way.