[lug] Empty boot and message files in var log?

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Elyse Grasso (emgrasso at data-raptors.com) wrote:
> I have a mysterious situation on my Linux server (KRUD 7.2).
> 
> Can anyone suggest why the boot.log and messages files in /var/log should 
> contain nothing since Feb 25? 

Hmm, that would make me nervous.  Are syslogd and klogd running? The
files are writiable and what not? Did you try restarting syslog and
klogd to see what happens, perhaps from a command line.  On my Debian
system the start up scripts are in /etc/init.d, sysklogd and klogd.
Don't remember what RedHat calls them, but probably similar.  

A system cracker would try to hide their tracks in the logs, a really
sloppy one might just delete 'em.  Is it a publicly accessible machine?


> Is there any place else I can look for information about named problems?
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