Subj : Re: Moving SBBS logging out of syslog
To : Dumas Walker
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Feb 16 2024 10:44 am
Re: Re: Moving SBBS logging out of syslog
By: Dumas Walker to All on Fri Feb 16 2024 10:26 am
> > Several years ago I set my BBS up to write the log to syslog. Recently,
> > some shit for brains decided that having syslog was "bad" so now there is
> > no easy way to just load syslog and search it.
>
> > I want to revert back to having Synchronet keeps its own log. How do I
> > do that?
>
> > And, no I am not looking for a lecture on how this way is better.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> Nevermind, I found the answer right after posting. Now, if I take 'syslog'
> off the command line, and I am not running daemonized, where does the log
> go? The wiki mentions sbbs.log, but I am not finding that in /var/log or
> ~/data/logs. Where does it go?
It goes to syslog (the daemon/service, not necessarily the file "syslog"). Look at your syslog configuration file to find out which *files* it goes to. Or use something like journalctl (if you have it) to view them based on service. There's also tools like lnav which are nice for viewing logs.
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digital man (rob)
