Syslog file won't update

The Syslog file never updates, always showing 0 bytes. I'm using LXLE, 14.04.4 LTS, Trusty Tahr. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm trying to generate an apparmor profile, but with no log entries it's impossible.

 

What are the permissions on the file (check from command line)?
Is the syslog service running?

Mrk

 

The permissions are:

Code:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 26 22:01 syslog

It looks like this has lead me to the issue. After some searching I found a rsyslog restart command:

Code:

sudo service rsyslog restart

and after runnig it a couple times the syslog file grew by several kB's with apparmor logs and such. I don't know why it wasn't running in the first place but at least this latter command gets it going.

Thanks Mrk!

 

Boom! Good stuff, mate. Carry on!
Mrk