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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.
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