> > redirect_stderr = true
> > log_directory = 'pg_log'
> > log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log'
> > log_rotation_size = 10240
> > log_min_messages = info
> > log_line_prefix = '%t%%%d '
> >
> > These are the setting in my conf file.
>
> [root@web1 root]# tail /var/log/pgsqllog
> FATAL: unrecognized configuration parameter "redirect_stderr"
> FATAL: unrecognized configuration parameter "log_directory"
> FATAL: unrecognized configuration parameter "log_filename"
> FATAL: unrecognized configuration parameter "log_rotation_size"
> FATAL: unrecognized configuration parameter "log_line_prefix"
>
> Looks like something else I tried got some form of logging working, but
> you must have a very different version of postgresql than I do :-)
This is just a guess on my part, but I do not believe that PostgreSQL as rights to write logs to
the /var/log directory. From my understanding PostgreSQL is a service that runs under the
non-super-user postgres account.