How to activate cron.log on Debian
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Cron Debian Linux Logging setup
A default Debian installation will log all messages from the cron daemon in the syslog log file ( it can be found in /var/log/syslog ).
Logging crontab entries to cron.log on Debian
The location of the cron log entries can be changed. This means you will have to edit the /etc/rsyslog.conf file.vi /etc/rsyslog.conf
In the file, you will find the following line:
#cron.* -/var/log/cron
Uncomment the line (remove the #) and save the rsyslog..conf file.
Next you will have to restart the rsyslog daemon:
service rsyslog restart
After restarting the rsyslog daemon, crontab log entries will appear in the /var/log/cron.log file.
