I'm trying to debug an unfamiliar mail server and I can't find any logs for postfix. In the documentation it says:
Postfix logs all failed and successful deliveries to a logfile. The file is usually called `/var/log/maillog` or `/var/log/mail`; the exact pathname is defined in the `/etc/syslog.conf`.
I checked /etc/syslog.conf and it listed /var/log/maillog but there is nothing there. The previous admin disabled all logging in other applications and I think it might be the same here. Is there a way I can reenable logging so I can continue to debug?
Edit: As requested when I run postconf syslog_facility it returns syslog_facility = mail.
My syslog daemon is syslogd and I've verified it is running using the command /usr/sbin/syslogd -l /var/run/log -l /var/named/var/run/log -s. I've pasted the syslog.conf below (removing commented lines):
*.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
*.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages
security.* /var/log/security
auth.info;authpriv.info /var/log/auth.log
mail.info /var/log/maillog
lpr.info /var/log/lpd-errs
ftp.info /var/log/xferlog
cron.* /var/log/cron
*.=debug /var/log/debug.log
*.emerg *
!ppp
*.* /var/log/ppp.log
!*
Best Answer
All postfix logs should (by default) go into
/var/log/mail.log(and similar for errors). Authentication logs should go to/var/log/auth.log.And that could be all, I assume.