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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: ToasterKing on June 27, 2011, 05:29:11 PM

Title: Is memory use the only reason for no syslogd by default??
Post by: ToasterKing on June 27, 2011, 05:29:11 PM

I believe by default the busybox syslogd rotates files at 200KB and keeps a single backup.

Before I turn syslogd on by default on all my systems, is there something other than 400KB of memory at stake?  /var/log isn't on persistent storage, so no issues with exhausting flash write cycles or anything, performance impact is minimal...

Maybe just not judged worth it because the log won't survive a reboot?

Title: Re: Is memory use the only reason for no syslogd by default??
Post by: curaga on June 28, 2011, 03:17:41 AM

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Maybe just not judged worth it because the log won't survive a reboot?

That, and we should not run unnecessary daemons by default. I think we only run udev on a base boot.