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    System logs file gone after reboot ?

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    • RonpfSR
      RonpfS
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I was testing 1.2 RC-5 and decided to upgrade to 1.2 Reelase yesterday,
      system rebooted this morning and I noticed the log files are from the reboot time only … strange I did not notice that in RC-5
      so is it possible to keep the log files on a hard disk installation.

      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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      • GruensFroeschliG
        GruensFroeschli
        last edited by

        No.
        Logs are stored in RAM and lost on reboot.
        –> You need a syslog server if you want to keep the logs.

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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        • RonpfSR
          RonpfS
          last edited by

          El cheapo here  :o

          Why have a pc run all the time just to keep the syslog file!
          It might be simple to run something like 'newsyslog' before overwritting the file,
          but then this might also be off-toping

          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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          • RonpfSR
            RonpfS
            last edited by

            @GruensFroeschli:

            No.
            Logs are stored in RAM and lost on reboot.
            –> You need a syslog server if you want to keep the logs.

            Is there a way to use the disk on the PC to store them?

            2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
            Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
            Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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            • S
              sullrich
              last edited by

              Remote syslog.

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              • RonpfSR
                RonpfS
                last edited by

                @sullrich:

                Remote syslog.

                I got that … it's fine for the debug,
                it's great for the monitoring too  ;D
                It is just that once things are running ok, i might not need to syslog all the time. ( or when I am not here)
                I will probably syslog to the dmz

                I dig into the rc script and found  out the 'clog' things (embedded yeah i got that ! and probably for speed) ... so I see it's not a config option  >:(
                what if  ...  ???

                look what I found  :D http://www.mail-archive.com/support@pfsense.com/msg11745.html

                well I will see later  8)

                2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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