Is there a description of log files in /var/log ?
In particular, I am interested in:
syslog
mail.log
mail.info
In particular, I am interested in:
syslog
mail.log
mail.info
Log Files
- Thread starter KatyComputer
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most files there are written by the system's syslog-deamon (in debian's case (on which PVE/PMG are based) - rsyslog).
There is quite much information on syslog on the net - e.g.:
* http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/syslog.3.html
* https://www.thegeekdiary.com/linux-os-service-syslog/
* https://wiki.debian.org/Rsyslog
The config is in /etc/rsyslog.conf and /etc/rsyslog.d/*
In many current Linux distros (including PVE/PMG) logging happens first with systemd-journald (you can read the journal with journalctl) and is then handed by systemd-journald to the syslog-process.
I hope this helps!
Yes - thank you, it seems this is a common issue mail.info & mail.log are very similar, differing only in regards to syslog's reporting of debug information.