Re: Re: Moving SBBS logging out of syslog
  By: Dumas Walker to All on Fri Feb 16 2024 10:26 am

 >  > Several years ago I set my BBS up to write the log to syslog.  Recently,
 >  > some shit for brains decided that having syslog was "bad" so now there is
 >  > no easy way to just load syslog and search it.
 >
 >  > I want to revert back to having Synchronet keeps its own log.  How do I
 >  > do that?
 >
 >  > And, no I am not looking for a lecture on how this way is better.
 >
 >  > Thanks.
 >
 > Nevermind, I found the answer right after posting.  Now, if I take 'syslog'
 > off the command line, and I am not running daemonized, where does the log
 > go?  The wiki mentions sbbs.log, but I am not finding that in /var/log or
 > ~/data/logs. Where does it go?

It goes to syslog (the daemon/service, not necessarily the file "syslog"). Look at your syslog configuration file to find out which *files* it goes to. Or use something like journalctl (if you have it) to view them based on service. There's also tools like lnav which are nice for viewing logs.
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