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What is rklog?

I am assuming that is a kernel logger.

Is it related to/suppose to be part of rsyslog?

If rklogd is not running does that mean rsyslogd will not log any kernel messages?

I don't even see a file called rklogd:
[root@logsrv sbin]# locate rklogd
[root@logsrv sbin]#

TIA!

• Custom written rsyslog.conf?
• Maintenance Contract?
• Installation support?

rklogd is part of rsyslog v2. There, it is what klogd is to sysklogd. So it provides the kernel logger functionality and if it is not running, then no kernel logging happens.

In v3, it has been superseded by imklog, a rsyslog plugin. This has a much better integration into the core engine. Consequently, rklogd is no longer present in v3.

HTH
Rainer

Thank you for clarifing that, it seems the rpms still come with v2, and rklog.

I think that depends pretty much on the distro...