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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>i log in as root <br>Both cat/var/log/syslog and cat/var/messages said no such file or directory <br><br>Please advise . <br><br>Diana <br><br>> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:51:39 +0100<br>> From: dimitris@siganos.org<br>> To: gllug@gllug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Gllug] suse 12.1 not connect online<br>> <br>> On 22/04/12 11:28, Diana Scott wrote:<br>> > after i typed in tail -f /var/log/syslog<br>> > Standard input and pause , nothing else<br>> > Same result with tail -f /var/log/messages<br>> > Nothing comes out after standard input . <br>> > <br>> > Please advise<br>> <br>> Hi Diana,<br>> <br>> It is unlikely that the syslog is going anywhere else (although not<br>> impossible). Personally, I have always seen it go to either<br>> /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog.<br>> <br>> Lets try this to confirm the location of the your syslog file:<br>> <br>> Make sure you are root. 'whoami' must say: root<br>> <br>> cat /var/log/syslog<br>> cat /var/log/messages<br>> <br>> Dimitris<br>> --<br>> Gllug mailing list - Gllug@gllug.org.uk<br>> http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug<br> </div></body>
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