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[addieparker]

None of logs are being updated.

example:
named is not going start

/var/log/messages are showing yesterday logs and there are no updates. What can be the issue?

[logicsupport]

Please confirm the following

1) Confirm syslog service is running

ps ax | grep syslog

If its not running you can start this using

/etc/init.d/syslog restart

2) confirm your /var is not full

df -h

[whrss]

Is the log file '/var/log/messages' failing to log only the BIND errors? Or is it unable to log anything.

Check if the log file has proper write permissions.

[inspiron]

Make sure that are you out of disk space? Do you get logs on the console if you leave it open? Is the syslog daemon running?
#df -k