Hi Larry The permission is -rw------- 1 root root same with the another log in /var/log And there is alot of output in dmesg. And I already restart the daemon too. I also try: # logger -p daemon.warn "This is only a test." And in the /var/log/messages # tail -f messages Dec 13 04:02:39 server2 syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Dec 14 08:37:39 server2 kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Dec 14 08:37:39 server2 kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. Dec 14 08:37:40 server2 exiting on signal 15 Dec 14 08:37:40 server2 syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Dec 14 08:37:40 server2 kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Dec 14 08:39:18 server2 root: "This is only a test." Dec 14 08:39:19 server2 root: But only that what I get from /var/log/messages, nothing else. Best regards. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Larry Brower <larry-lists at maxqe.com> wrote: > onay wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I don't know if anybody already ask this question. Sorry if I repost >> it again. I googling already, but don't find any clue. >> I'm using centos 5.3, but why the /var/log/messages is empty. Even the >> sylogd daemon is run. >> Me already compare /etc/syslog.conf with another centos machine. The >> /etc/syslog.conf is same. >> Anybody know what happen? >> >> Many thanks. >> > > > have you checked permissions / ownership of /var /var/log and > /var/log/messages ? > Have you tried restarting syslogd? > Is there anything in dmesg ? > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- If knowledge belong to the world, why don't you give me some?