> I can confirm that squid will write to /var/log/messages if syslog logging is > enabled AND syslog is configured to write to /var/log/messages (this is the > default behaviour on some Linux distributions, such as Debian, but not Ubuntu). My distro is Centos7 and rsyslog is enabled and It’s configured to write to /var/log/messages; it’s the default behaviour. But how can I avoid Squid writes into this file? I chose the Squid default log files which are contained into /var/log/squid/ folder. > On 21 Dec 2020, at 11:31, Ambrose Li <ambrose.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 11:01:07PM +1300, Amos Jeffries wrote: >> On 21/12/20 9:55 pm, sampei02@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> Ok, I noted these 2 squid processes: >>> >>> root /usr/sbin/squid -sYC >>> squid (squid-1) --kid squid-1 -sYC >>> >>> -s means "Enable logging to syslog” >>> >>> This option ‘-s’ could explain writing to messages ? >> >> Squid does not write to /var/log/messages. On startup before Squid reads any >> configuration about whether cache.log or syslog is to be used it logs to >> stderr. >> >> That stderr channel is handled by whatever init system or shell is starting >> Squid. /var/log/messages is the init system log file. > > Actually no, /var/log/messages is not an init system log file; on some Linux > distros it is a default log location for syslog. > > I can confirm that squid will write to /var/log/messages if syslog logging is > enabled AND syslog is configured to write to /var/log/messages (this is the > default behaviour on some Linux distributions, such as Debian, but not Ubuntu). > > > -- > Ambrose Li <ambrose.li@xxxxxxxxx> | Time zone: GMT-5 (Eastern) > ambroseli.ca > > “Any organization which designs a system… will inevitably produce a > design whose structure is a copy of the organization’s communication > structure.” — Conway’s Law > > _______________________________________________ > squid-users mailing list > squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users
