# Filebeats not shipping auth.log

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-shipping-auth-log/45054>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 21, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-shipping-auth-log/45054 "2016-03-21T22:33:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dach384](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@dach384](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dach384)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-shipping-auth-log/45054/1 "2016-03-21T22:33:25Z")

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Hi there,  
Filebeat version = 1.1.2  
Operating System = Ubuntu 12.04

The problem I'm having is that my auth.log is being sent to logstash server. It might be that the auth.log is owned by user "syslog" and group "adm" . I am getting some logs that is owned by root.

Here's are some debugging info:  
2016/03/21 22:32:58.437095 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/collectd.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:58.437274 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/daemon.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:58.437674 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/dpkg.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:58.438597 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/mysql.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:58.438614 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/mail.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:58.440852 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/user.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:58.450325 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/kern.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:59.436733 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/collectd\_logstash.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:32:59.437348 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/collectd.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:01.436993 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/collectd\_logstash.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:01.437590 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/collectd.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.436877 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/consul.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.437021 util.go:20: DBG full line read  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.437131 util.go:20: DBG full line read  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.437214 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/auth.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.437489 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/daemon.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.437888 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/dpkg.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.438857 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/mysql.log; Backoff now.  
2016/03/21 22:33:02.438860 reader.go:138: DBG End of file reached: /var/log/mail.log; Backoff now.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-shipping-auth-log/45054/2 "2016-03-22T06:49:52Z")

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What's your configuration (please format it as code so all indentation is preserved)? What does Filebeat's startup log look like?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-not-shipping-auth-log/45054/3 "2017-07-05T21:54:21Z")

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