I just noticed that on one CentOS 5 server the logs messages, maillog and a couple of others have been blank for a couple of weeks! I tracked down the error to /etc/sysconfig/rsyslogd There was a line SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-c3" I googled that -c3 defines the "version" or "compatibility mode", and with 3 it means "rsyslog v3 native interface". When I removed the option and restarted rsyslogd, the logging began to work again. I wonder why is this. Probably this was caused by my recent system updates (yum update). - Jussi -- Jussi Hirvi * Green Spot Topeliuksenkatu 15 C * 00250 Helsinki * Finland Tel. +358 9 493 981 * Mobile +358 40 771 2098 (only sms) jussi.hirvi at greenspot.fi * http://www.greenspot.fi