Enabling/Disabling /var/log/messages

[mr-roboto]

I like having /var/log/messages operational at all times, even when using my live CD/DVD.  However, at some point in the remastering process, syslogd (I guess) stops feeding /var/log/messages.  In fact, the PCLOS system I use for remastering has stopped all logging to /var/log/messages.

I've GOOGLEd high-and-low but can't find any info about how to re-enable output to /var/log/messages.  I really thought I'd already found the answer here on the PCLOS forum, but even explicitly GOOGLEing the forum produced no specific answers.  I believe it's a matter of some option related to CHKCONFIG, but I don't recall anymore.

I'd also like to know if it's possible to make sure MKLIVECD doesn't disable logging to /var/log/messages for a given ISO.  That is, without having to hack the MKLIVECD script.

TIA....

[TerryN]

The mylivecd script intentionally disables the syslog service.

sub check_services {
    my $eachserv='';
   # disable some services
print STDERR "\nDisabling Services not needed on the LiveCD\n\n";
    foreach $eachserv ('atd','crond','syslog','kheader','xinetd'){
        (push(@services,$eachserv) and  services::do_not_start_service_on_boot($eachserv)) if (services::starts_on_boot($eachserv));
    }
}

This is because the LiveCD is a limited environment running in RAM and having logging active could use up space quite quickly. There is no way to change that without hacking the script.

On a running system the service can be enabled using PCC->System->Manage System Services
or via command line with (as root):

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service syslog start
To make it start on boot:

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chkconfig --add syslog
Terry

[mr-roboto]

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This is because the LiveCD is a limited environment running in RAM and having logging active could use up space quite quickly. There is no way to change that without hacking the script.

I saw that code and even though I'm not a Perl guy, it's easy enuf to simply duplicate that line, comment it out, and replace it w/o 'syslog'.

On a running system the service can be enabled using PCC->System->Manage System Services
or via command line with (as root):

Thanx for the nudge.  I danced all around that, but missed it totally.

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service syslog start
To make it start on boot:

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chkconfig --add syslog
Terry

Even though I've been using Linux professionally [unfortunately not full-time, everyday] for a decade, I never feel comfortable calling myself a Linux pro.  For all of the commands I know, something as simple as this, occasionally trips me up.  Thanx again....