rsyslog, why are logmessages not logged into /var/log/messages ?

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Issue

  • Systemd did put /etc/rsyslog.d/listen.conf file, then "logger test" fails. But "logger test -u /run/systemd/journal/syslog" works fine.
  • systemd modifies rsyslog configuration, then logger without parameter fails

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7
  • rsyslogd

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