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I am trying to understand why one of my system has /dev/log as a socket and other has /dev/log as a symbolic link.

[ec2-user@ip-171-31-12-17 log]$ file /dev/log /dev/log: symbolic link to /run/systemd/journal/dev-log [ec2-user@ip-171-31-12-18 log]$ file /dev/log /dev/log: socket

I have tried checking on other systems and found out most of the RHEL has /dev/log as link not a socket. That means I have to make the other systems /dev/log as a link not socket.

Does journalctl logs appear in /var/log/messages ? when i have /dev/log as socket instead of link.

How do I make things normal ? By the way OS version is RHEL 7.9 for /dev/log : socket

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  • See unix.stackexchange.com/questions/464361/examining-dev-log - basically it is about your system using systemd or not. Commented May 25 at 7:00
  • You mention RHEL 7.9 for one of the systems — are the others running RHEL 8? Commented May 25 at 7:34
  • @StephenKitt yes Commented May 25 at 8:02
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    On an AlmaLinux 8.10 (i.e. RHEL compatible) system (a) /dev/log is a symbolic link to /run/systemd/journal/dev-log (b) /run/systemd/journal/dev-log is a socket. According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd#Adoption RHEL 7 will also be using systemd. What problem is caused by having /dev/log a socket as opposed to a symbolic link to a a socket? Commented May 25 at 8:40
  • @ChesterGillon when i use logger "test" it gives logger: socket /dev/log: Connection refused Commented May 25 at 8:58

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