messages going to wrong file

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The /var/log/messages file is empty and all message logging is going to the /var/log/messages-20150802 file. Tested with the logger command and log information is going to the wrong file.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

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