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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] journald refuses to put log files in /var/log/journal/
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:52:12
Message-Id: CAGfcS_=xoUud+6DxPvVOJZmr-1q71X6M5O7DzW7hb2_5rxgiBw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] journald refuses to put log files in /var/log/journal/ by walt
1 On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:41 PM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On this machine (the one I'm using now) journald is writing its
3 > files to /run/log/journal/ instead of /var/log/journal/
4
5 Check the config:
6 /etc/systemd/journald.conf:
7
8 Storage=
9 Controls where to store journal data. One of "volatile",
10 "persistent", "auto" and "none". If
11 "volatile", journal log data will be stored only in memory,
12 i.e. below the /run/log/journal hierarchy
13 (which is created if needed). If "persistent", data will be
14 stored preferably on disk, i.e. below the
15 /var/log/journal hierarchy (which is created if needed),
16 with a fallback to /run/log/journal (which is
17 created if needed), during early boot and if the disk is
18 not writable. "auto" is similar to
19 "persistent" but the directory /var/log/journal is not
20 created if needed, so that its existence
21 controls where log data goes. "none" turns off all
22 storage, all log data received will be dropped.
23 Forwarding to other targets, such as the console, the
24 kernel log buffer or a syslog daemon will still
25 work however. Defaults to "auto".
26
27 As others frequently point out not everybody likes the journal so you
28 can use syslog and just keep the journal in /run where it will not be
29 persistent. If that isn't the desire, make sure the config isn't set
30 to volatile.
31
32 --
33 Rich