Thank you for your response Expirion
#The input for 'sudo service rsyslog status' was:
rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-02-09 13:06:38 CST; 20min ago
TriggeredBy: ● syslog.socket
Docs: man:rsyslogd(8)
https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/
Main PID: 963 (rsyslogd)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 19020)
Memory: 3.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/rsyslog.service
└─963 /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n -iNONE
Feb 09 13:06:38 YourNameHere systemd[1]: Starting System Logging Service...
Feb 09 13:06:38 YourNameHere rsyslogd[963]: imuxsock: Acquired UNIX socket '/run/systemd/journal/syslog' (fd 3) from systemd. [v8>
Feb 09 13:06:38 YourNameHere systemd[1]: Started System Logging Service.
Feb 09 13:06:38 YourNameHere rsyslogd[963]: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 110
Feb 09 13:06:38 YourNameHere rsyslogd[963]: rsyslogd's userid changed to 104
Feb 09 13:06:38 YourNameHere rsyslogd[963]: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.2001.0" x-pid="963" x-info="
https://www.rsysl>
Feb 09 13:06:39 YourNameHere rsyslogd[963]: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.2001.0" x-pid="963" x-info="https:/
vendor preset: enabled)
0min ago
Service...
IX socket '/run/systemd/journal/syslog' (fd 3) from systemd. [v8.2001.0]
ervice.
anged to 110
nged to 104
slogd" swVersion="8.2001.0" x-pid="963" x-info="
https://www.rsyslog.com"] start
slogd" swVersion="8.2001.0" x-pid="963" x-info="
https://www.rsyslog.com"] rsyslogd was HUPed
~
2001.0]
g.com"] start
g.com"] rsyslogd was HUPed
(I used command ' sudo service rsyslog restart' just to be sure it has been restarted and is indeed active)
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#The output for command 'grep -i ufw /var/log/syslog' was nothing.
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#The output for command 'grep -i ufw /var/log/messages' was:
grep: /var/log/messages: No such file or directory
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#The output for command 'grep -i ufw /var/log/kern.log' was nothing.
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#The output for command ' sudo ufw logging on' was:
Logging enabled
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Does the output for 'sudo service rsyslog status' look normal? I ask because of the "rsyslogd was HUPed" part which I recall seeing in the log files.