Re: empty log files

["Jonathan Underwood" <jonathan underwood gmail com>]

2008/7/1 michael <cs networkingnewsletter org uk>:
> I can't recall doing anything 'wrong' but I now notice most of my log
> files are, unexpectedly, empty (see example, below). Anybody care to
> suggest how I can debug why this is so? Thanks, M

Did you by chance happen to install vmware? Installing vmware seems to
change the SEli9nux context of /etc/services, which prevents syslog
from working. To fix:

1) run /sbin/restorecon -v /etc/services
2) /sbin/service syslog restart

HTH,
Jonathan.