Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 09:38:51 +0200
From: CZUCZY Gergely <phoemix@harmless.hu>
To: kevin kempter <kevin@kevinkempterllc.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: postgres, syslog and freeBSD
Message-ID: <20080530093851.133c332e@twoflower.in.publishing.hu>
In-Reply-To: <0AF6C4FA-FC04-4AC1-8603-7E5596301F62@kevinkempterllc.com>
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1) syslog.conf:
!postgres
*.*	/var/log/postgresql.log

2) in your root shell:
touch /var/log/postgresql.log

3) don't forget newsyslog.conf

4) don't forget man syslog.conf


On Thu, 29 May 2008 22:35:19 -0600
kevin kempter <kevin@kevinkempterllc.com> wrote:

> Hi list;
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> I'm trying to get postgres & syslog to get along with no luck. I'm =20
> running freeBSD7 and postgres 8.3.1
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> Here's my postgres setup
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> log_destination =3D 'syslog'
> #logging_collector =3D off
> syslog_facility =3D 'LOCAL0'
> syslog_ident =3D 'postgres'
> silent_mode =3D on
> log_min_duration_statement =3D 0
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>=20
> Here's my /etc/syslog.conf file:
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>=20
> security.*					/var/log/security
> auth.info;authpriv.info				/var/log/auth.log
> mail.info					/var/log/maillog
> lpr.info					/var/log/lpd-errs
> ftp.info					/var/log/xferlog
> cron.*						/var/log/cron
> *.=3Ddebug					/var/log/debug.log
> *.emerg						*
> # uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console to /var/log/=20
> console.log
> #console.info					/var/log/console.log
> # uncomment this to enable logging of all log messages to /var/log/=20
> all.log
> # touch /var/log/all.log and chmod it to mode 600 before it will work
> #*.*						/var/log/all.log
> # uncomment this to enable logging to a remote loghost named loghost
> #*.*						@loghost
> # uncomment these if you're running inn
> # news.crit					/var/log/news/news.crit
> # news.err					/var/log/news/news.err
> # news.notice					/var/log/news/news.notice
> !startslip
> *.*						/var/log/slip.log
> !ppp
> *.*						/var/log/ppp.log
> LOCAL0.*					/var/log/pgsql
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>=20
>=20
> I dont see any files show up in /var/log
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> what am I doing wrong?
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> Thanks in advance..
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> /Kevin
>=20
>=20


--=20
Sincerely,

Gergely Czuczy
Harmless Digital Bt
mailto: gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu
Tel: +36-30-9702963

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