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rsyslogd issues , logged with openlog () but logs going to /var/log/messages

i have a c program the code is 

 setlogmask (LOG_UPTO (LOG_NOTICE));
 openlog ("thelog", LOG_CONS | LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL1);
 syslog (LOG_NOTICE, "thelog : started by User %d", getuid ());
 syslog (LOG_INFO, "thelog: an info is logging");
 closelog();

the code is working properly BUT the issue is the log is being logged to the file /var/log/messages , i have /etc/rsyslog.conf no and syslog.conf

I want the logs to be logged to a new file /var/log/thelog.log file

how to fix this issue .

Solution

  • If you want LOCAL1 to be logged to a separate file you

    1. tell syslog so by properly editing its config file
    2. have syslogd reload its config by sending a kill -HUP.

    Configuration

    Add a specific line for local1, like this one

    local1.*                -/var/log/thelog.log

    Before

    *.*;mail.none;news.none    -/var/log/messages

    and remove local1 from the configuration for local?.*

    local0.*              -/var/log/localmessages
local2,local3.*       -/var/log/localmessages

    Once the configuration file is ready

    kill -HUP <pid-of-syslogd>