How to get service startup messages to go to the serial console?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • How to get service startup messages to go to the serial console?

  • Configured serial console access setup by following steps as per DOC-7213, but any service startup information is not visible on serial console, such as below

    Starting Dovecot: [OK] 
Starting Spamassassin: [OK] 
Starting Postfix: [OK]

  • How can this information be sent to the console?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content