High Sierra switched the way syslog works on Mac OS (see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/os/logging). This replaced the ASL (and syslog) stuff.
you can use the 'log' command line utility to view the logs. [I am not a fan of the way this stuff works now] > On Aug 15, 2019, at 3:46 AM, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wie...@rna.nl> wrote: > > I’m running unbound. If I use file logging, it neatly ends up in the file I > want. If I set syslog in the conf file (this is standard in macports unbound > by the way) I get nothing. Logging disappears into a black hole, probably the > same black hole where mail logging from postfix disappears in on High Sierra > Server. > > use-syslog: <yes or no> > Sets unbound to send log messages to the syslogd, using sys- > log(3). The log facility LOG_DAEMON is used, with identity > "unbound". The logfile setting is overridden when use-syslog is > turned on. The default is to log to syslog. > > How do I make sure that I get to see the syslog messages. Probably by > adapting /etc/asl.conf and /etc/syslog.conf? Or is it a matter of ASL hiding > these kinds of messages from ordinary users? Is there a way to tell > asl/syslog to put the logging output of unbound into a (log rotated) file in > e.g. /var/log? > > PS. Apple is apparently playing around with unbound too: > > luna:~ gerben$ ls -l /usr/share/man/man8/unbound.8 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2342 Aug 23 2018 /usr/share/man/man8/unbound.8 -- Daniel J. Luke
