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John
Asked: 2010-09-01 17:34:39 +0800 CST

How to restart rsyslog daemon on ubuntu

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how can i restart rsyslog or rsyslogd on ubuntu 10

root@terminator:/etc/init.d# service rsyslog status
rsyslog stop/waiting
root@terminator:/etc/init.d# service rsyslog stop
stop: Unknown instance:
root@terminator:/etc/init.d# service rsyslog restart
restart: Unknown instance:
root@terminator:/etc/init.d# service rsyslog start
start: Job failed to start
root@terminator:/etc/init.d# service rsyslogd start
rsyslogd: unrecognized service
rsyslog

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    sudo service rsyslog restart

    That should do it.

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  2. If you are using systemctl, you can use:

    systemctl restart rsyslog.service

    Once restarted, check its status with the command:

    systemctl status rsyslog.service
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