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On Friday 26 December 2014 23:33:33 I wrote: |
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> For some time now I've had syslog-ng writing /var/log/messages in a binary |
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> format: |
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> [...] |
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> Can I use the following method to restore the original text format of |
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> /var/log/messages? |
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> 1. Boot rescue system and mount main system |
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> 2. # cd /mnt/main/var/log |
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> 3. # mv messages messages.bin |
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> 4. # strings messages.bin > messages |
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> 5. # rm messages.bin |
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> 6. Reboot. |
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> I tried steps 1 - 4 and got a text file with very long lines, but I |
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> chickened out before rebooting. |
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Never mind. I did as I suggested and rebooted, and so far everything seems |
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hunky-dory. Sorry for making a noise. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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