syslog not logging with local0 and priority on Debian Jessie

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I am running a Debian Jessie server and want to log some custom messages using syslog. I added the following line to rsyslog.conf local0.* -/var/log/mojosound.log

When I use the syslog function in my c program with this syntax:

syslog(LOG_LOCAL0, "Test Message");

I see the mojosound.log file created and updated each time I run the sample program. However, if I try and add a priority to the command, the message goes nowhere that I can find.

  int priority = LOG_MAKEPRI(LOG_LOCAL0, LOG_INFO);
  syslog(pritority, "Test Message");

There are no other references to local0 in the conf file and no other rules that look like they should matter.

I am thinking that it must be an issue with my conf file but I cannot find anything in the rsyslog documentation that would point to what it is.

Any ideas?

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why don't you show your config file when you assume there is something wrong with it? – mfro
may be logging level is not set properly? try using appropriate level using setlogmask (LOG_UPTO (LOG_NOTICE)); i generally set the local through openlog call. – vk-code
Do /var/log/messages see it? And if you increase the priority? – Giacomo Catenazzi
The conf file is long. How do I post it? – mojosound
Vikram - I will try that and see. Thanks. – mojosound

1 Answers

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rc.local was killing the rsyslog service at the end of startup. Took a while but finally found it.