How to restart rsyslog daemon on ubuntu

Question

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

Debugging info: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/troubleshoot.html — Grizly, Sep 01 '10 at 03:55

score 115 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '10 at 01:40

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sudo service rsyslog restart

That should do it.

answered Sep 01 '10 at 01:40

Janne Pikkarainen

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the output is shown above in the post – Sep 01 '10 at 01:45
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Have you modified the rsyslog.conf? If the config file is somehow invalid, service command cannot bring up the rsyslog. – Janne Pikkarainen Sep 01 '10 at 02:59
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Why would restart work with sudo, if it didn't work before as user root? – RalfFriedl Jul 20 '18 at 06:17
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This helped me 10 years later. Thanks! – Aaron Jan 24 '20 at 13:49

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '19 at 16:34

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If you are using systemctl, you can use:

systemctl restart rsyslog.service

Once restarted, check its status with the command:

systemctl status rsyslog.service

answered Nov 18 '19 at 16:34

Thomas B

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How to restart rsyslog daemon on ubuntu

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