where is the log?

Tue Sep 13 12:34:08 UTC 2005

Hi all,
I just notice that I cannot find any info in the /var/log/messages when I 
restarted any server such as httpd, ldap, etc.

I expect to see lines in /var/log/messages such as:
shutting down httpd - ok
starting up httpd - ok 

Is there any conf that I should change regarding the syslog?
Thanks.
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