Re: logs not ending up at Syslog

nicky wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to configure my PostgreSQL 8.1.x (on FreeBSD 6-STABLE) to log
> through syslog, yet somehow my logging doesn't end up in the specified
> log files.
> I'm kind of at a loss as to where i messed up. I'm hoping someone can
> help me fix it.
>
> Below are uncommented lines in my postgresql.conf file, related to logging:
>
> log_destination = 'syslog'
>
> # These are relevant when logging to syslog:
> syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0'
> syslog_ident = 'postgres'
>
> log_min_messages = debug5 # Values, in order of decreasing
> detail:
> log_min_duration_statement = 0 # -1 is disabled, 0 logs all
> statements
> # and their durations, in
> milliseconds.
> silent_mode = on
>
> log_connections = on
> log_disconnections = on
> log_duration = on
>
> log_statement = 'all' # none, mod, ddl, all
>
>
> And i've appended the line below to my /etc/syslog.conf
>
> local0.* /var/log/pgsql
>
>
> Restarted both PostgreSQL and syslog, yet, nothing gets displayed in
> /var/log/pgsql.
>
>

What's in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql? Does it specify anything for
logging? If so, it's likely to have something like
PGLOG="$PGDATA/postgres.log".

brian