[CLUE-Tech] PostgreSQL (non-)error logging on RedHat

David Anselmi anselmi at americanisp.net
Fri Dec 19 17:14:47 MST 2003


Matt Gushee wrote:
[...]
> ... so all the output is going to /dev/null ?!! Both common sense and
> the PostgreSQL manual strongly recommend keeping a log ... but before I
> go ahead and fix it, is there any good reason for *not* logging? Or
> should RedHat be drawn and quartered for this?

You can check postgresql.conf.  Maybe it is set to log to syslog.  On my 
system the output of pg_ctl is saved but that file is empty.  Syslog has 
a bunch of stuff in it though.

Dave




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