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Offline woodylongbone

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Hi! I have got serious problems with getting syslog to start on boot and to save the logfile so it stays after reboot. any advice?
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Offline bmarkus

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Re: getting syslog to run on boot, and to keep it on reboot.
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2014, 09:07:19 AM »
Hi! I have got serious problems with getting syslog to start on boot and to save the logfile so it stays after reboot. any advice?

Explain serious problems.
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Offline woodylongbone

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Re: getting syslog to run on boot, and to keep it on reboot.
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2014, 10:02:32 AM »
it doesnt start?

Offline tinypoodle

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Re: getting syslog to run on boot, and to keep it on reboot.
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2014, 10:21:17 AM »
How exactly are you trying to start it?
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Offline woodylongbone

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Re: getting syslog to run on boot, and to keep it on reboot.
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2014, 04:00:45 PM »
I tryed to add "sudo syslogd -O /var/log/messages" in /mnt/sda1/scripts/post.sh I didn't realize that it was already running in /mnt/sda1/var/log/messages..

sorry I paniced, but I solved it with the help of a colleague at work :)