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PageLog syslog doesn't redirect entries to journal or /var/log/syslog

Asked by Ubay Dorta Guerra

Hi,

   I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 and I have set up a CUPS server (CUPS 2.1.3). I have enabled PageLog and entries are recorded in /var/log/cups/page_log but if I change the directive PageLog to "syslog" in /etc/cups/cups-files.conf, the entries are not stored in journal nor /var/log/syslog.

   Do I have to change any other configuration file?

   Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you restart the CUPS service to reread the configuration?

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Ubay Dorta Guerra (ubay) said : 		#2

Yes, and I restarted the server.

El 18/03/17 a las 11:18, actionparsnip escribió:
> Your question #570535 on cups in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+question/570535
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Did you restart the CUPS service to reread the configuration?
>

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Ubay Dorta Guerra (ubay) said : 		#3

I have installed another Ubuntu server, but the version is 16.10 and CUPS 2.2.0. It shows the same behavior.

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Ubay Dorta Guerra (ubay) said : 		#4

Same behaviour for Ubuntu Server 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) and CUPS 2.2.2.

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Ubay Dorta Guerra (ubay) said : 		#5

      Reading the manual https://www.cups.org/doc/man-cups-files.conf.html I set PageLog to stderr instead of syslog and finally it worked! Now the entries are sent to the journald. I realised that setting PageLog to syslog it created a file called "syslog" in the configuration directory.

      The solution has been checked on Ubuntu Server 16.04-CUPS 2.1.3 and Ubuntu Server 17.04-CUPS 2.2.2