From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Feb 11 18:47:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF00AA63A6 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:47:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@3dresearch.com) Received: from smtpb.telissant.net (smtpb.telissant.net [199.233.230.156]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F06CEB7C for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:47:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@3dresearch.com) Received: from barrida.3dresearch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtpb.telissant.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4516B3AEC9 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:38:21 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at telissant.net Received: from smtpb.telissant.net ([127.0.0.1]) by barrida.3dresearch.com (barrida.3dresearch.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vCPHrSpH8YHZ for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:37:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from almavivazfs.3dresearch.com (unknown [71.112.237.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpb.telissant.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 72E9A3AE4A for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:37:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from almavivazfs.3dresearch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by almavivazfs.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with SMTP id D2264AB17D3 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:37:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:37:51 -0500 From: Janos Dohanics To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: /var/log/auth.log missing Message-Id: <20160211133751.a58f4c0981a0c2af16762766@3dresearch.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:47:18 -0000 Hello List, Just discovered that on one of my boxes (FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #0 r286291) /var/log/auth.log is missing. /etc/syslog.conf: # $FreeBSD: stable/9/etc/syslog.conf 238473 2012-07-15 10:55:43Z # brueffer $ # # [commented stuff] # Consult the syslog.conf(5) manpage. +10.10.10.2 local0.* /var/log/pfsense.log +* *.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console *.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages security.* /var/log/security #auth.info;authpriv.info /var/log/auth.log auth.debug;authpriv.info /var/log/auth.log mail.info /var/log/maillog lpr.info /var/log/lpd-errs ftp.info /var/log/xferlog cron.* /var/log/cron *.=debug /var/log/debug.log *.emerg * # uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console # [commented stuff] # # Cyrus local6.debug /var/log/local6.log !ppp *.* /var/log/ppp.log !* /etc/periodic.conf: monthly_statistics_enable="YES" monthly_statistics_report_devices="YES" monthly_statistics_report_ports="YES" daily_clean_hoststat_enable="NO" daily_status_mail_rejects_enable="NO" daily_status_include_submit_mailq="NO" daily_submit_queuerun="NO" # 406.status-gmirror daily_status_gmirror_enable="YES" I have restarted syslogd, however, no /var/log/auth.log, even though I took actions such as ssh login which should trigger entries in /var/log/auth.log. How can I fix this problem? Any guess what might have caused /var/log/auth.log not be created? -- Janos Dohanics