The rsyslog daemon is not logging any activity in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Issue

  • rsyslog is not logging any activity in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

    Snip from rsyslog.conf

    # Log all kernel messages to the console.
    # Logging much else clutters up the screen.
    #kern.*                                                 /dev/console
    kern.*                                                  /var/log/kern.log
    
    # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
    # Don't log private authentication messages!
    #*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none               /var/log/messages
    auth.*;*.info                                           /var/log/messages
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • rsyslog 5.8.10-2.el6.x86_64

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