I have several sources saying that /var/log/messages
has system log message but I don't have that file (Ubuntu 11, Debian).
Is the messages file somewhere else now? I tried using locate
to look for it but didn't see it.
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I have several sources saying that /var/log/messages
has system log message but I don't have that file (Ubuntu 11, Debian).
Is the messages file somewhere else now? I tried using locate
to look for it but didn't see it.
Best Answer
Ubuntu no longer uses the
/var/log/messages
file by default. The same information is available in the file/var/log/syslog
. You can re-enable logging to/var/log/messages
if you would like.Syslog is a standard logging facility. It collects messages from various programs, including the kernel. It is usually configured to store these messages by default. How it stores these messages is generally distribution-dependant.
/var/log/messages
is generally used to store non-critical messages while/var/log/syslog
stores everything, including critical and non-critical messages.