by I noticed that lately all my logs are going directly to my mail log
instead of being broken up into messages, syslog, etc. etc.
Looking at syslog.conf, I don't see any errors, but running syslogd in
debug mode reveals:
listening on syslog UDP port.
Allocated parts table for 256 file descriptors.
Starting.
Called init.
Called allocate_log, nlogs = -1.
cfline(*.warning;authpriv.none;mail.none /var/log/messages)
symbolic name: warning ==> 4
symbolic name: none ==> 16
symbolic name: authpriv ==> 80
symbolic name: none ==> 16
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/messages
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 0.
cfline(*.=debug /var/log/debug)
symbolic name: debug ==> 7
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/debug
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 1.
cfline(auth.*;user.*;*.alert;mail.none /var/log/syslog)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: auth ==> 32
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: user ==> 8
symbolic name: alert ==> 1
symbolic name: none ==> 16
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/syslog
Called allocate_log, nlogs = 2.
cfline(mail.*; /var/log/maillog)
symbolic name: * ==> 255
symbolic name: mail ==> 16
leading char in action: /
filename: /var/log/maillog
0: 1F 1F X 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F X 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F X FILE: /var/log/messages
1: 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 X FILE: /var/log/debug
2: 3 FF X 3 FF 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 X FILE: /var/log/syslog
3: X X FF X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/log/maillog
logmsg: pri 56, flags 4, from tass, msg syslogd 1.3-0#: restart.
syslogd: restarted.
Debugging disabled, SIGUSR1 to turn on debugging.
Select interrupted.
Calling select, active file descriptors: 3
Successful select, descriptor count = 1, Activity on: 3
Checking UNIX connections, active:
New UNIX connect assigned to fd: 5.
Calling select, active file descriptors: 3 5
Successful select, descriptor count = 1, Activity on: 5
Checking UNIX connections, active: 5
Message from UNIX socket #5.
Message length: 62, File descriptor: 5.
logmsg: pri 26, flags 2, from tass, msg May 24 14:19:32 in.telnetd[16774]: connect from localhost
Called fprintlog, logging to FILE /var/log/maillog
Calling select, active file descriptors: 3 5
Successful select, descriptor count = 1, Activity on: 5
Checking UNIX connections, active: 5
Message from UNIX socket #5.
Unix socket (5) closed.
Calling select, active file descriptors: 3
Select interrupted.
Any ideas or help out there would be most appreciated!
Thanks!