beast spake the following on 6/26/2007 7:47 PM: > On 26/06/07 13:42 +0100, Se�n O Sullivan wrote: >>>> I have one centos 4.0 server which /var/log/messages was always >>>> empty (0 >>>> bytes). I wonder what has been blocking the syslog to write the log. >>>> >>> >>> Firstly, I'd suggest updating to 4.5. >>> > > This is the production machine and has been runing for years, so > upgrading OS > is not not my first option :) "Yum update" shouldn't be that detrimental to a production server. And you will get the benefit of security updates. A server that isn't logging seems already "broken". -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!