title: couchdb log files missing, can't get any to be created :-(
body: <p>I'm running couchdb 1.0.1 on ubuntu and everything is working OK - except that I've just seen that my log files are non existent. They seem to have been like this for nearly a year, but to be fair I haven't really been using the system as it is a test bed for a project I've just picked up again.</p>
  
  <p>/var/log/couchdb contained 2 files. An old (many months!) couch.log.1 and a couch.log with size 0 - which is suspicious. I've deleted the old files and now tried restarting couch, but the log files stubbornly stay absent!</p>
  
  <p>I've restarted couch using </p>
  
  <pre><code>/etc/init.d/couchdb restart
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But no joy.</p>
  
  <p>My local.ini file has this entry;</p>
  
  <pre><code>[log]
  level = debug
  file = /var/log/couchdb/couch.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And /var/log/couchdb is owned by couchdb and is in group couchdb so I don't think it is a permission issue. There is plenty of disk space on the server too.</p>
  
  <p>I've rebooted the server as well in frustration - no difference.</p>
  
  <p>How do I persuade couchdb to start logging anything again? The reason it has become an issue is that I'm trying to PUT some standalone attachments, but only the small ones are working so I'm trying to look in my (non-existent) log files to see what the problem might be.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>