I have tested it over the tmpfs and it works. I tried mounting /var/log to tmpfs but failed to do so. Can anyone suggest any workarounds for the same. -- View this message in context: http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/tail-command-failing-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts-tp4998544p4998572.html Sent from the ubuntu-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.