Can anyone tell me what I did wrong here?
Here is the ultimate question:
Why when I use the logger command can I not get it to output to a custom log file in /var/log?
In my script:
logger -i -t ANM -p local7.info "This is a local 7 test"
In the rsyslog.conf I appended the following to the end of the file:
local7.* /var/log/anm.log
Also, the script has permission for the /var/log/anm.log file
* UPDATE *
So I forgot to restart the logging services. I have tried rebooting and "service rsyslog restart" Still no change. The test text does not show up in /var/log/anm.log but it does appear in /var/log/syslog
* UPDATE *
What permissions does /var/log/"yourlogfilehere" need? Owner, Group, rwx?
I have tried setting grp and own to root and to the username running the logger command. No change with either.
I have also tried creating log files inside a custom directory in /var/log. ie /var/log/anm/anm.log and setting both types of permissions for the directory.
* UPDATE *
rsyslogd is running
syslog 598 0.0 0.1 31060 1292 ? Sl 03:02 0:02 rsyslogd -c5
and here is the output from my /etc/rsyslog.conf file
# /etc/rsyslog.conf Configuration file for rsyslog.
#
# For more information see
# /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-doc/html/rsyslog_conf.html
#
# Default logging rules can be found in /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
#################
#### MODULES ####
#################
$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging
$ModLoad imklog # provides kernel logging support (previously done by rklogd)
#$ModLoad immark # provides --MARK-- message capability
# provides UDP syslog reception
#$ModLoad imudp
#$UDPServerRun 514
# provides TCP syslog reception
#$ModLoad imtcp
#$InputTCPServerRun 514
###########################
#### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES ####
###########################
#
# Use traditional timestamp format.
# To enable high precision timestamps, comment out the following line.
#
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat
# Filter duplicated messages
$RepeatedMsgReduction on
#
# Set the default permissions for all log files.
#
$FileOwner syslog
$FileGroup adm
$FileCreateMode 0640
$DirCreateMode 0755
$Umask 0022
$PrivDropToUser syslog
$PrivDropToGroup syslog
#
# Where to place spool files
#
$WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog
#
# Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/
#
$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf
local7.* /var/log/anm.log
I also tried putting it in /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf (I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
# Default rules for rsyslog.
#
# For more information see rsyslog.conf(5) and /etc/rsyslog.conf
#
# First some standard log files. Log by facility.
#
auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
#cron.* /var/log/cron.log
#daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
#lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log
mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
#user.* -/var/log/user.log
local7.* /var/log/anm.log
* UPDATE *
Well I finally figured it out. I wish someone had answered this for me. Took several days to figure out what was wrong, but I guess there just aren't very many people on superuser.
The issue was with the file permissions of the custom log file as I originally theorized. I thought I had the permissions correct, but it turns out the owner needs to be syslog and the group adm. I determined this by comparing to the user.log file. Once permissions were modified and tested again, all works perfectly! I hope this helps someone else out there quicker than I was able to find answer.
