Ubuntu
rsyslog package

mail should not log to /var/log/syslog by default

Bug #581360 reported by Patrick Goetz
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rsyslog (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: rsyslog

Particularly on servers, email should not be logged to /var/log/syslog by default, as this clogs up syslog with tons of stuff that is already being logged to /var/log/mail.log, /var/log/mail.err, /var/log/mail.info, and /var/log/mail.warn by default.

Suggested change in the default /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf:

 - *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog

 + *.*;auth,authpriv,mail.none -/var/log/syslog

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Gartral (gareth7yo-gmail) wrote :

This is a rather huge hole in ubuntu.. it also affect me too as my WS has mail setup (but im hitting the 459730 bug. meaning my logs are all EMPTY) but... this still need fixed desperately

Kenyon Ralph (kralph)
description: updated
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Kenyon Ralph (kralph) wrote :

Related reports in Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508376 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=580552

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in rsyslog (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Haw Loeung (hloeung) wrote :

kern too. There's already this:

| kern.* -/var/log/kern.log

So:

| *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog

Should exclude both mail and kern (duplicates):

| *.*;auth,authpriv,kern,mail.none -/var/log/syslog

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