I have a java application using log4j SyslogAppender (facility=USER) and I can see using tcpdump on port 514 that my application is sending intended log message as a datagram and also netstat shows me that syslogd (red hat) is running and listening on 0.0.0.0:514 but I do not see any logging happening in /var/log/messages.
In my syslog.conf, I have
*.info /var/log/messages
My conversion pattern for SyslogAppender is
%d{MMM dd HH:mm:ss} %F %L %5p [%t] %m %n"
I am clueless as why it is failing to log or where exactly should I look for to see what is failing. And I don't have enough permissions on the machine to start/stop syslogd or run manually to have verbose debug logs enabled.
Any pointers as how I proceed?
Edit:
The Appender below
private void initSyslog() {
SyslogAppender syslogAppender = new SyslogAppender();
syslogAppender.setName("syslog");
syslogAppender.setLayout(new PatternLayout("%d{MMM dd HH:mm:ss} %F %L %5p [%t] %m %n"));
syslogAppender.setFacility("USER");
syslogAppender.setFacilityPrinting(true);
syslogAppender.setSyslogHost("localhost");
syslogAppender.activateOptions();
Logger.getRootLogger().addAppender(syslogAppender);
Logger.getRootLogger.info("Syslogdone");
}