On 2014-08-06, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 04:50:41PM +0000, Tony Mountifield wrote: >> Probably rsyslog is being started before /var/log is mounted, and so it >> is opening files within /var/log on the root device. > > rsyslog should start after local mounts are finished. > > I suspect it's selinux; /var/log should have a "var_log_t" context and I > suspect it doesn't. But would that explain why, when the OP umounts /var/log, the latest logs have been written to /var/log/messages on the / filesystem? It certainly can't hurt to check both cases: make sure rsyslog is starting after the proper filesystem with /var/log is mounted, and check the selinux contexts to make sure they're correct. --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us