Several log files including /var/log/messages are not being written to by syslogd

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Issue

  • The following files are not being written to by syslog:
-rw-------  1 root  root       0 ago 26 04:02 cron
-rw-------  1 root  root       0 ago 26 04:02 maillog
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root       0 abr 10 18:32 mcelog
-rw-------  1 root  root       0 ago 26 04:02 messages

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5

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