ntp logging with syslog

[sniper007]

Hi!

what's wrong with this settings ?

syslog.conf

ntp.*                    /var/log/ntpd.log

--$ ls -alt /var/log/ntpd.log
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Mar 30 13:33 /var/log/ntpd.log

--$ ps aux | grep [n]tp
root      36373  0.0  0.4  4672  1864  ??  Ss    1:45PM   0:07.21 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift

i'd like to setup syslog to log ntpd, but ntpd.log file is empty. I try to restart syslogd but doesn't works

 

[SirDice]

Make sure ntp is actually using syslog.

 

[sniper007]

hm, is this not enable by default ?

 

[jalla]

You can try running in debug mode to see what's happening syslogd -d
To generate test data use logger -t ntp.notice Test

 

[sniper007]

Thanks jalla for advice, i figured out the problem. I used spaces instead tabs as separators in syslog.conf
Now works fine,



also, you probably mean to use logger -p ntp.notice Test

 

[jalla]

Thanks jalla for advice, i figured out the problem. I used spaces instead tabs as separators in syslog.conf
Now works fine,



also, you probably mean to use logger -p ntp.notice Test

Exactly.

For the record, space as separator in syslog.conf has been acceptable in FreeBSD for ages.

 

[sniper007]

Exactly.

For the record, space as separator in syslog.conf has been acceptable in FreeBSD for ages.

i also set ntp.* in last line in syslog.conf....this was probably main problem