On Centos 8, Red Hat 8 There are two log managers, systemd-journald and rsyslog they are connected somehow
On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 3:13 PM David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > which point do you need me to elaborate? > > without the configs, I am only going to be able to guess. > > David Lang > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2021, Saint Michael wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:27:39 -0400 > > From: Saint Michael <[email protected]> > > To: David Lang <[email protected]> > > Cc: Saint Michael via rsyslog <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Discard filters don't work > > > > Ok, thanks for the clarification. > > In reality I was mistaking systemd-journald for rsyslog. > > It is confusing how they interact. > > I am using Centos 8. > > Can you elaborate on this point? > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 12:41 AM David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> you are probably discarding the message after it's been written out. but > >> it's > >> impossible to tell without seeing your full config and knowing hat file > >> you are > >> seeing the message in that you don't want there. > >> > >> if you start rsyslog ith the -o flag (-o /path/to/file) then the file > will > >> contain the combined configs that rsyslog sees, in the order that > rsyslog > >> sees > >> things. This assumes you are running a reasonably current rsyslog > version. > >> > >> David Lang > >> > >> On Wed, 28 Jul 2021, Saint > >> Michael via rsyslog wrote: > >> > >>> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 23:26:03 -0400 > >>> From: Saint Michael via rsyslog <[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Cc: Saint Michael <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: [rsyslog] Discard filters don't work > >>> > >>> in centos 8, I added this file > >>> cat test.conf > >>> :msg, contains, "Cannot create session" stop > >>> to /etc/rsyslog.d > >>> then I did > >>> systemctl restart rsyslog > >>> but I keep seeing hundreds of messages like > >>> Jul 29 03:16:18 api sudo[1736451]: pam_systemd(sudo:session): Cannot > >> create > >>> session: Already running in a session or user slice > >>> > >>> what am I doing wrong? > >>> Philip > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> rsyslog mailing list > >>> https://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > >>> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > >>> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > >>> NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a > myriad > >> of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > >> DON'T LIKE THAT. > >>> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list https://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.

