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I have a problem, that no logs are written to /var/log.



-rw-r-----  1 syslog adm  6.4M May 21  2014 syslog
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5.7M May 21 2014 daemon.log
-rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 494K May 21 2014 auth.log


But date and time is configured properly



Tue Apr 28 19:38:56 CEST 2015


It seems that I made a dist-upgrade 21 May of 2014. And since then I have no logs written. My system is Ubuntu 14.04 (no GUI). It has been running for 132 days without reboot.



Other log files like MySQL or nginx are up to date. Only system logs don't work.



I hope you can help me.










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    I have a problem, that no logs are written to /var/log.



    -rw-r-----  1 syslog adm  6.4M May 21  2014 syslog
    -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5.7M May 21 2014 daemon.log
    -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 494K May 21 2014 auth.log


    But date and time is configured properly



    Tue Apr 28 19:38:56 CEST 2015


    It seems that I made a dist-upgrade 21 May of 2014. And since then I have no logs written. My system is Ubuntu 14.04 (no GUI). It has been running for 132 days without reboot.



    Other log files like MySQL or nginx are up to date. Only system logs don't work.



    I hope you can help me.










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      I have a problem, that no logs are written to /var/log.



      -rw-r-----  1 syslog adm  6.4M May 21  2014 syslog
      -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5.7M May 21 2014 daemon.log
      -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 494K May 21 2014 auth.log


      But date and time is configured properly



      Tue Apr 28 19:38:56 CEST 2015


      It seems that I made a dist-upgrade 21 May of 2014. And since then I have no logs written. My system is Ubuntu 14.04 (no GUI). It has been running for 132 days without reboot.



      Other log files like MySQL or nginx are up to date. Only system logs don't work.



      I hope you can help me.










      share|improve this question














      I have a problem, that no logs are written to /var/log.



      -rw-r-----  1 syslog adm  6.4M May 21  2014 syslog
      -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 5.7M May 21 2014 daemon.log
      -rw-r----- 1 syslog adm 494K May 21 2014 auth.log


      But date and time is configured properly



      Tue Apr 28 19:38:56 CEST 2015


      It seems that I made a dist-upgrade 21 May of 2014. And since then I have no logs written. My system is Ubuntu 14.04 (no GUI). It has been running for 132 days without reboot.



      Other log files like MySQL or nginx are up to date. Only system logs don't work.



      I hope you can help me.







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          Ok, I found solution somewhere else:



          sudo apt-get install --reinstall rsyslog


          It seems rsyslog was removed itself at some point.






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            have you restarted the systemlogs deamon?



                sudo service rsyslog restart


            this should work. This problem came for me also, i restarted this deamon, now its working fine.






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              Could try this in case something's mis-configured with rsyslog, at least before trying a full reinstall:



              sudo dpkg-reconfigure rsyslog





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                I fixed it by uninstalling rsyslog sudo apt-get purge rsyslog and then reinstalling it sudo apt-get install rsyslog. In my case the permissions and ownership of the files were all correct but the syslog file was empty and all the logs were going into uncategorized.log






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                Ok, I found solution somewhere else:



                sudo apt-get install --reinstall rsyslog


                It seems rsyslog was removed itself at some point.






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                  Ok, I found solution somewhere else:



                  sudo apt-get install --reinstall rsyslog


                  It seems rsyslog was removed itself at some point.






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                    Ok, I found solution somewhere else:



                    sudo apt-get install --reinstall rsyslog


                    It seems rsyslog was removed itself at some point.






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                    Ok, I found solution somewhere else:



                    sudo apt-get install --reinstall rsyslog


                    It seems rsyslog was removed itself at some point.







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                        have you restarted the systemlogs deamon?



                            sudo service rsyslog restart


                        this should work. This problem came for me also, i restarted this deamon, now its working fine.






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                          have you restarted the systemlogs deamon?



                              sudo service rsyslog restart


                          this should work. This problem came for me also, i restarted this deamon, now its working fine.






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                            have you restarted the systemlogs deamon?



                                sudo service rsyslog restart


                            this should work. This problem came for me also, i restarted this deamon, now its working fine.






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                            have you restarted the systemlogs deamon?



                                sudo service rsyslog restart


                            this should work. This problem came for me also, i restarted this deamon, now its working fine.







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                                Could try this in case something's mis-configured with rsyslog, at least before trying a full reinstall:



                                sudo dpkg-reconfigure rsyslog





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                                    sudo dpkg-reconfigure rsyslog





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                                    Could try this in case something's mis-configured with rsyslog, at least before trying a full reinstall:



                                    sudo dpkg-reconfigure rsyslog






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                                        I fixed it by uninstalling rsyslog sudo apt-get purge rsyslog and then reinstalling it sudo apt-get install rsyslog. In my case the permissions and ownership of the files were all correct but the syslog file was empty and all the logs were going into uncategorized.log






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                                        I fixed it by uninstalling rsyslog sudo apt-get purge rsyslog and then reinstalling it sudo apt-get install rsyslog. In my case the permissions and ownership of the files were all correct but the syslog file was empty and all the logs were going into uncategorized.log






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                                        I fixed it by uninstalling rsyslog sudo apt-get purge rsyslog and then reinstalling it sudo apt-get install rsyslog. In my case the permissions and ownership of the files were all correct but the syslog file was empty and all the logs were going into uncategorized.log






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                                        I fixed it by uninstalling rsyslog sudo apt-get purge rsyslog and then reinstalling it sudo apt-get install rsyslog. In my case the permissions and ownership of the files were all correct but the syslog file was empty and all the logs were going into uncategorized.log







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