Re: logs not ending up at Syslog

brian wrote:
> nicky wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm trying to configure my PostgreSQL 8.1.x (on FreeBSD 6-STABLE) to
>> log through syslog, yet somehow my logging doesn't end up in the
>> specified log files.
>> I'm kind of at a loss as to where i messed up. I'm hoping someone can
>> help me fix it.
>>
>> Below are uncommented lines in my postgresql.conf file, related to
>> logging:
>>
>> log_destination = 'syslog'
>>
>> # These are relevant when logging to syslog:
>> syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0'
>> syslog_ident = 'postgres'
>>
>> log_min_messages = debug5               # Values, in order of
>> decreasing detail:
>> log_min_duration_statement = 0          # -1 is disabled, 0 logs all
>> statements
>>                                        # and their durations, in
>> milliseconds.
>> silent_mode = on
>>
>> log_connections = on
>> log_disconnections = on
>> log_duration = on
>>
>> log_statement = 'all'                   # none, mod, ddl, all
>>
>>
>> And i've appended the line below to my /etc/syslog.conf
>>
>> local0.*                                        /var/log/pgsql
>>
>>
>> Restarted both PostgreSQL and syslog, yet, nothing gets displayed in
>> /var/log/pgsql.
>>
>>
>
> What's in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql? Does it specify anything
> for logging? If so, it's likely to have something like
> PGLOG="$PGDATA/postgres.log".
>
> brian

I don't see any reference to logging in my start script (appended at the
end). I'm using the default flags. The only flag i see that might be
interesting is the -s. However, removing it doesn't change a thing.


Nick

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# $FreeBSD: ports/databases/postgresql81-server/files/pgsql.sh.tmpl,v
1.22 2006/05/23 21:18:58 girgen Exp $
#
# PROVIDE: postgresql
# REQUIRE: LOGIN
# KEYWORD: shutdown
#
# Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf to enable PostgreSQL:
#
#  postgresql_enable="YES"
#  # optional
#  postgresql_data="/usr/local/pgsql/data"
#  postgresql_flags="-w -s -m fast"
#
# This scripts takes one of the following commands:
#
#   start stop restart reload status initdb
#
# For postmaster startup options, edit ${postgresql_data}/postgresql.conf

prefix=/usr/local
command=${prefix}/bin/pg_ctl

. /etc/rc.subr

load_rc_config postgresql

# set defaults
postgresql_enable=${postgresql_enable:-"NO"}
postgresql_flags=${postgresql_flags:-"-w -s -m fast"}
postgresql_user=pgsql
eval postgresql_data=${postgresql_data:-"~${postgresql_user}/data"}
postgresql_class=${postgresql_class:-"default"}

name=postgresql
rcvar=`set_rcvar`
command_args="-D ${postgresql_data} ${postgresql_flags}"
extra_commands="reload initdb"

start_cmd="postgresql_command start"
stop_cmd="postgresql_command stop"
restart_cmd="postgresql_command restart"
reload_cmd="postgresql_command reload"
status_cmd="postgresql_command status"

initdb_cmd="postgresql_initdb"

postgresql_command()
{
    su -l ${postgresql_user} -c "exec ${command} ${command_args} ${rc_arg}"
}

postgresql_initdb()
{
    su -l -c ${postgresql_class} ${postgresql_user} -c "exec
${prefix}/bin/initdb -D ${postgresql_data}"
}

run_rc_command "$1"