| Summary: | /usr/bin/logger no longer works because /dev/log does not exist | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Wendell Baker <wendellcraigbaker> |
| Component: | util-linux | Assignee: | Karel Zak <kzak> |
| Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | unspecified | ||
| Version: | rawhide | CC: | jonathan, kzak, mluscon |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2013-02-01 17:09:39 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
I'm not able to reproduce this problem on the current F16 and F17. # logger abcd; grep "abcd" /var/log/messages Jul 17 14:47:50 x2 kzak: abcd |
Description of problem: $ logger hi there; echo exit $? exit 0 nothing appears in /var/log/messages strace shows that /dev/log is opened but there's nobody home. socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 1 connect(1, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/log"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm -q -f /usr/bin/logger util-linux-2.20.1-4.fc17.i686 How reproducible: very Steps to Reproduce: 1. strace logger hi there 2. 3. Actual results: nothing in /var/log/messages Expected results: something in /var/log/messages Additional info: rsyslog is operating and happy sudo tail /var/log/messages Feb 5 11:47:58 fishnet-effect NetworkManager[12405]: DHCPREQUEST on p2p1 to 192.168.0.28 port 67 (xid=0x41690408) Feb 5 11:47:58 fishnet-effect NetworkManager[12405]: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.28 (xid=0x41690408) Feb 5 11:47:58 fishnet-effect NetworkManager[12405]: bound to 192.168.0.99 -- renewal in 713 seconds. Feb 5 11:52:38 fishnet-effect kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Feb 5 11:52:38 fishnet-effect rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="5.8.7" x-pid="4706" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] exiting on signal 15. Feb 5 11:52:38 fishnet-effect kernel: imklog 5.8.7, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Feb 5 11:52:38 fishnet-effect rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="5.8.7" x-pid="4856" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start Feb 5 11:59:51 fishnet-effect NetworkManager[12405]: DHCPREQUEST on p2p1 to 192.168.0.28 port 67 (xid=0x41690408) Feb 5 11:59:51 fishnet-effect NetworkManager[12405]: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.28 (xid=0x41690408) Feb 5 11:59:51 fishnet-effect NetworkManager[12405]: bound to 192.168.0.99 -- renewal in 861 seconds.