Re: Logging

"Anders R. Sveen" wrote:
> I've set my pg_options file to write log messages, but it only logs to
> /var/log/messages instead of /var/log/postgresql wich remains empty.

> Why is that and how can i change it? Maybe it's a sylog question, but
> beeing new to it and all i can't really figure things out.

You need to edit /etc/syslog.conf to direct the output of PostgreSQL to
the file you wish to hold the log.  The facility used by default in
7.0.3 is local0, so a line:
local0.*                /var/log/postgresql
will do what you expect.
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Lamar Owen
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