Add remote client logging to a file

Logging messages from the dependency libraries should not log onto the
screen when using the remote client.  This patch writes logging to
~/.config/containers/podman-remote.log

Fixes #3299

Signed-off-by: Jhon Honce <jhonce@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/podman/main.go b/cmd/podman/main.go
index cbca32cc8..847cc0731 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/main.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/main.go
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ func before(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		logrus.Errorf(err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	if err := setSyslog(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+
 	if err := setupRootless(cmd, args); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -121,6 +119,9 @@ func before(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	logrus.SetLevel(level)
+	if err := setSyslog(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	if err := setRLimits(); err != nil {
 		return err