This documentation suggests rsyslog and journald coexist in the 7 Beta.

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html-single/Migration_Planning_Guide/index.html#_new_logging_framework

On 01/31/2014 12:25 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Reference: 
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html
>
> I just noticed FC20 changed system logging.  That is going to
> take some getting use to.  RHEL 7 perhaps?
>
> -T
>
>
> 2.8.1. Syslog removed from default installation
> syslog is no longer included in default installations. journald
> logging serves most use cases as well as, or better than, syslogd.
>
> Users accustomed to checking /var/log/messages for system logs should 
> instead use journalctl.
>
> journalctl command examples:
>
> newjournalctl                   |  old messages
> --------------------------------+-----------------------------
> journalctl                      |  less /var/log/messages
> journalctl -f                   |  tail -f /var/log/messages
> journalctl --unit named.service |  grep named /var/log/messages
> journalctl -b                   |  Shows logs from current boot,
>                                 |  no simple equivalent.
>
>


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