Troubleshooting
Problem
Unable to start syslogd on AIX
Symptom
The command to start syslogd
# startsrc -s syslogd
Check syslogd status
# lssrc -s syslogd
Inoperative
Cause
Diagnosing The Problem
Inoperative
Resolving The Problem
List of things to check
1) Check the process table for syslogd
# ps -ef |grep syslogd
If it is in the process table is it running with a PPID of 1?
If yes, kill the PID and restart it using the startsrc -s syslogd command
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2) Verify that the syslog line in /etc/services is not commented.
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3) Verify that nothing is using syslogd UDP port 514
# netstat -Aan |grep "\.514"
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4) Check the syslogd entry in the ODM
# odmget -q subsysname=syslogd SRCsubsys
Check cmdargs = "" for an invalid option
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5) Try to start syslogd outside of srcmstr control
# /usr/sbin/syslogd
# ps -ef |grep syslogd
If syslogd starts from the command line most likely there is a problem with the syslogd entry in the ODM
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6) Use lppchk to check for software errors
# lppchk -vm3
# lppchk -c bos.net.tcp.syslogd AIX 7.2 and later
# lppchk -c bos.net.tcp.client AIX 7.1 and earlier
# oslevel -s
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7) Check for syslogd errors in the AIX error log and console log?
# errpt -a |grep syslogd
# alog -ot console |grep syslogd
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8) Check /etc/syslog.conf for invalid options
# grep -v ^# /etc/syslog.conf
# ls -l /etc/syslog.conf
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9) Check the permission on syslogd
# ls -l /usr/sbin/syslogd
-r-xr-xr-x root system /usr/sbin/syslogd
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Modified date:
12 December 2022
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