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What is syslogd and why is it using half my system when I'm trying to work?
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Syslog logs system messages
Hi,
syslog is a facility to capture all logs generated. The logs are stored in /var/log, so open a Terminal, do "sudo su -" enter your password and enter "ls -rtl /var/log" to see what file was modified recently.
You can enter a "tail -f /var/log/system.log" (or any other logfile) to see the lines added there.
Likely some application is trying to tell you something.
Regards,
Robert de Bock.
Hi,
syslog is a facility to capture all logs generated. The logs are stored in /var/log, so open a Terminal, do "sudo su -" enter your password and enter "ls -rtl /var/log" to see what file was modified recently.
You can enter a "tail -f /var/log/system.log" (or any other logfile) to see the lines added there.
Likely some application is trying to tell you something.
Regards,
Robert de Bock.
Hum.
Well it's going to have to find another way...
Apple's help desk, which I never use but I was desperate, told me (eventually, they were a bit bemused) to delete the plist and restart which has worked. For now, but I bet it will be back.
Next time I might venture into Terminal as you suggest but these things invariably happen when I don't have time to play and Terminal always makes me nervous in case I get an apostrophe in the wrong place and accidentally delete everything off the machine.
Thanks for getting back to me.
In your Applications/Utilities folder is an app called Console. That will show you what's going on in the logs.
No, but having an open terminal window while logged in as root can cause a few unintended consequences.