5.2 Configuring System Logging

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5.2 Configuring System Logging

Verify that the system logging service rsyslog is running:

# service rsyslog status
rsyslogd (pid  1632) is running...

If the service is not running, start it and enable it to start when the system is rebooted:

# service rsyslog start
# chkconfig rsyslog on

Ensure that each log file referenced in /etc/rsyslog.conf exists and is owned and only readable by root:

# touch logfile
# chown root:root logfile
# chmod 0600 logfile

It is also recommended that you use a central log server and that you configure Logwatch on that server. See Section 3.9, “Configuring and Using System Logging”.