>> I have one centos 4.0 server which /var/log/messages was always empty (0 >> bytes). I wonder what has been blocking the syslog to write the log. >> > > Firstly, I'd suggest updating to 4.5. > > Secondly, is /tmp mounted with noexec option? forgot to add, check /var/log/messages.* for current syslog messages _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos