Questions tagged [logger]
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Determining cause of recurring external SSD data transfer with goal of preventing it
The LED lights for an external SSD connected via USB to a Linux Mint box indicate data transfer every 00:06:15 (6 mins 15 secs), despite no user applications (and possibly no processes) accessing the ...
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Print on stdout and log with logger
I have a bash script with several "echo STRING" commands. I would like to log STRING with logger but still print it on stdout. echo STRING | logger obliviously does not do it.
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Split logging on rsyslogd
My goal is to send all logs to one source remote and still log local but then send all the AuditD logs to its own source on port 20002. But for some reason, my auditd logs are still ending up with my ...
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Where does `logger` save messages to on macOS?
I'm writing a shell script that utilizes the Linux logger to log output. Based on that documentation, I believe that the logging is sent to /var/log/syslog on Linux which would be var/logs/system.log ...
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How to redirect rsyslog messges from a specific unix socket to a different log file without duplication?
I have been trying to implement separate logging for haproxy.
But I end up with duplicate logging and can't separate logs based on the input socket or facility alone.
My sample configuration in ...
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Rsyslog losing log message when file does not exist
I'm encountering case when rsyslog message is lost when the file its supposed to write to does not exist.
Here is my setup:
log server 192.168.1.2 have such config:
module(load="imtcp")
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Should (and how can) non-critical logs be sent to /var/log/messages using logger(1)?
I have a cron script logging msgs via | logger ….
I am understanding that /var/log/syslog is mainly for critical or err msgs and /var/log/messages is for informational, non-critical msgs.
If the ...
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logger command reports I am a user even if running under sudo?
I have a line
logger Ok
in my script. When I run it from command line with either of
./myscript.sh
sudo ./myscript.sh
sudo bash ./myscript.sh
it writes in log
Oct 17 22:32:01 d40688 mysqlf: Ok
I.e. ...
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Does logger(1) command belong to util-linux? [duplicate]
Does logger(1) command belong to util-linux? it is not shown in https://manpages.debian.org/testing/util-linux/index.html, but in https://manpages.debian.org/testing/bsdutils/logger.1.en.html.
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How to record local3 with all severity levels to a file using system logger?
I'm using a VM. Ubuntu Linux.
What I'm trying to do is use System logger to record the local3 facility with all severity levels to a file /var/log/local3.log
I'm confused as to what the process is. Am ...
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given `logger -t specificUser` how do filter tail by that tag? (tail -f ??? specificUser)
if i'm tagging my logs with -t, how do i filter my log searches for that specific tag?
given:
logger -t specificUser
show it (in real time) with
tail -f ???? specificUser
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How to encrypt messages using TLS encryption and send to sys logger?
I am using following logger command to send message to /var/log/message.
logger -n 10.102.5.19 "system shutdown"
my question is, how to encrypt the message("system shutdown") using TLS encryption. I ...
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Redirecting logs to a file using systemd is not working
I am trying to redirect logs to a file using systemd. I have tried adding below statements to the service.
StandardOutput=file:/tmp/test1.txt
StandardError=file:/tmp/test2.txt
But those files are not ...
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Logger on remote server
I am trying to send log message to my virtual machine from work station.
Command :
logger -n 192.168.122.78 Test
After this command nothing shows up in /var/log/messages of VM, or work station. No ...
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how to use logger to write info to log
I want to use the logger command in order to write logs to /var/log/server.log
NOTE: These examples use the FreeBSD version of logger. Your system may have different options, so read your local ...
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