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Is it good practice to run a system without a syslog daemon? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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If I'm using Arch or another minimal distro, is it a good idea to install a syslog daemon? Or can I go without?

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[+] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org -24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you're on arch you use redhat's garbage. On non-corpo linux syslog can be disabled if you want, though I'd prefer to just symlink/mount /var/log to a memory filesystem instead.

[–] Markaos@lemmy.one 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On non-corpo linux syslog can be disabled

systemctl disable --now systemd-journald

I'd prefer to just symlink/mount /var/log to a memory filesystem instead

Set Storage=volatile in /etc/systemd/journald.conf

[+] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org -7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like how you cropped my message to make it seem like I was implying you couldn't disable logging on systemd

[–] Markaos@lemmy.one 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then what's the meaning of this whole part?

On non-corpo linux syslog can be disabled if you want, though I'd prefer to just symlink/mount /var/log to a memory filesystem instead.

Is it just a random tidbit that could be replaced with a blueberry muffin recipe without any change of meaning of the whole comment? Because it sure won't help OP at all with their Arch-specific question, so it's either that, or it provides contrast to the "corpo Linux", which is how I interpreted it.

And here's the remaining part of your comment I left out, just to make sure people won't lose the context between two three sentence long comments (for those without any attention span, it comes before the previous quoted part):

If you're on arch you use redhat's garbage.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OP was asking about syslog so I answered about using using syslog. You're reading too much into it. They asked if they could go with or without a syslog daemon, so I told them they can disable syslog if they want to. They did not ask about journald so I didn't answer about journald.

[–] Markaos@lemmy.one 1 points 2 months ago

Fair enough. I misunderstood, my bad.

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

Mounting /var/log in RAM just seems like more trouble than it's worth.