On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 July 2021 at 18:27:47, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> > And, while I'm asking anyway, why no /var/log/mail* since 2013 either?

Problem has been found: no system logging demon.
>
> /var/log/mail* would be created by sendmail (and perhaps others), but the
> default for Debian (and therefore Devuan) is Exim, which logs to
> /var/log/exim4/*
>
> So, I'm wondering whether either:
>
> a) you were previously using sendmail, which generated the log files you see,
> and then changed (perhaps unknowingly) to Exim, which logs somewhere else

I'm using postfix, which it appears uses the system loggin demon for its log.

>
> or
>
> b) this disk had content from some previous system which last got used in May
> 2013, and then some subsequent installation or upgrade, without wiping the
> disk first, has resulted in the system you now have, which isn't logging to
> those same files?

That could be. Perhaps an upgrade in 2013 removed the logging demon
(which I just now installed again.)

-- hendrik

>
> What are the ownership and permissions on:
>
> /var
> /var/log ?
>
>
> Antony.