diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/addsiteyum b/xCAT/postscripts/addsiteyum
index a93b69158..af73bfa2f 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/addsiteyum
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/addsiteyum
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 cd `dirname $0`
 if [ ! -d repos/$OSVER/$ARCH ];  then
+   logger -t xcat "repos/$OSVER/$ARCH is not a directory"
    exit;
 fi
 for i in repos/$OSVER/$ARCH/*
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell b/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell
index b084e4d7d..69c0dd964 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/aixremoteshell
@@ -47,11 +47,17 @@ $home = $root[5];
 $rc = &runcmd("chown root $home");
 if ($rc != 0)
 {
+   my $msg = "It fails to chown root $home";
+   if (defined($logenable)) {
+      `logger -t xcat $msg`;
+   }
    exit 1;
 }
 $rc = &runcmd("chgrp system $home");
 if ($rc != 0)
 {
+   my $msg = "It fails to chgrp system $home";
+   `logger -t xcat $msg`;
    exit 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/allowcred.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/allowcred.awk
index 341138d3e..a3d087500 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/allowcred.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/allowcred.awk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ BEGIN {
         listener = "/inet/tcp/300/0/0"
         quit = "no"
 
-
+       print $0 | "logger -t xcat"
        while (match(quit,"no")) {
          while ((listener |& getline) > 0) {
                  if (match($0,"CREDOKBYYOU?")) {
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/confGang b/xCAT/postscripts/confGang
index 04fb87b3b..b93c86f92 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/confGang
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/confGang
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 #get IP address of MS
 OS=`uname`
 echo "the OS is $OS"
+logger -t xCAT "the OS is $OS"
 ms_ip=$MONMASTER
-echo "hi is $ms_ip"
+echo "MS IP is $ms_ip"
+logger -t xCAT "the MS is $ms_ip"
 result=`ping -c1 $MONMASTER 2>&1`
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    index1=`expr index "$result" "\("`
@@ -15,11 +17,12 @@ result=`ping -c1 $MONMASTER 2>&1`
    ms_ip=`expr substr "$result" $pos $length`
    echo final is $ms_ip
  else
-   logger xCAT "Gangliamon setup"
+   logger -t xCAT "Gangliamon setup"
  fi
 
 CLUSTER=\"$MONSERVER\"
 echo "cluster is $CLUSTER"
+logger -t xCAT "cluster is $CLUSTER"
 MASTER=$ms_ip
 #echo "The new IP is: $NEW_IP"
 #echo "I will replace now....
@@ -28,8 +31,10 @@ gmond_conf_old="/etc/gmond.conf"
  
     if [ $OS == "AIX" ]; then
       echo "into AIX loop"
+      logger -t xCAT "into AIX loop"
       if [ -f  $gmond_conf_old ]; then
        echo "ganglia version 3.0.7"
+       logger -t xCAT "ganglia version 3.0.7"
        grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf_old
          if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            /bin/cp -f $gmond_conf_old /etc/gmond.conf.orig
@@ -48,8 +53,10 @@ gmond_conf_old="/etc/gmond.conf"
 
     if [ $OS == "AIX" ]; then
       echo "into AIX new loop"
+      logger -t xCAT "into AIX new loop"
       if [ -f  $gmond_conf ]; then
       echo "ganglia version v3.10"
+      logger -t xCAT "ganglia version v3.10"
        grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf
          if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            /bin/cp -f $gmond_conf /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf.orig
@@ -71,6 +78,7 @@ gmond_conf_old="/etc/gmond.conf"
 
      if [ $OS != "AIX" ]; then
        echo "not AIX"
+       logger -t xCAT "not AIX"
      if [ -f  $gmond_conf ]; then
        grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf
          if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
@@ -89,6 +97,7 @@ gmond_conf_old="/etc/gmond.conf"
 
  if [ $OS != "AIX" ]; then
        echo "not AIX"
+       logger -t xCAT "not AIX"
 
     if [ -f $gmond_conf_old ]; then
       grep "xCAT gmond settings done" $gmond_conf_old
@@ -107,12 +116,14 @@ fi
 
      if [ ! -f  $gmond_conf ]; then 
        #  echo "file not found"
-       logger -t gmonfail "gmond configuration file not found"
+          logger -t gmonfail "gmond configuration file not found"
+          logger -t xCAT "gmond configuration file not found"
      fi
 
      if [ ! -f  $gmond_conf_old ]; then
        #  echo "file not found"
        logger -t gmonfail "gmond configuration file not found"
+          logger -t xCAT "gmond configuration file not found"
      fi
 
 exit 0 
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/enabledebug b/xCAT/postscripts/enabledebug
index 2ace1bdb1..0de5a7ff6 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/enabledebug
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/enabledebug
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #egan@us.ibm.com
 #(C)IBM Corp
 #
-
+echo "$0: the OS version is $OSVER" | logger -t xcat
 case $OSVER in
 	sles*|suse*|ul*)
 		perl -pi -e 's/^KERNEL_LOGLEVEL=1/KERNEL_LOGLEVEL=8/' /etc/sysconfig/syslog
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/getcredentials.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/getcredentials.awk
index 43fc33b97..eb556d3ea 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/getcredentials.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/getcredentials.awk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BEGIN {
         print "</xcatrequest>" |& server
 
         while (server |& getline) {
-                print $0
+                print $0 | "logger -t xcat"
                 if (match($0,"<serverdone>")) {
                   quit = "yes"
                 }
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk
index 76255f1f3..e4ac32455 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BEGIN {
         print "</xcatrequest>" |& server
 
         while (server |& getline) {
-                print $0
+                print $0 | "logger -t xcat"
                 if (match($0,"<serverdone>")) {
                   quit = "yes"
                 }
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/locallibs b/xCAT/postscripts/locallibs
index b8f2c4f27..e77e5d1e3 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/locallibs
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/locallibs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ARCH=$(uname -m)
 
 DIRS="$LOCALDIR/goto/lib"
 
+echo "$0: arch is $ARCH" | logger -t xcat
 case "$ARCH" in
 	i686)
 		DIRS="$DIRS $LOCALDIR/intel/$ARCH/lib"
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/mkhyperv b/xCAT/postscripts/mkhyperv
index 456dd6a7a..f58213a92 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/mkhyperv
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/mkhyperv
@@ -76,14 +76,17 @@ stop () {
   grep -q GenuineIntel /proc/cpuinfo && /sbin/modprobe -r kvm-intel
   grep -q AuthenticAMD /proc/cpuinfo && /sbin/modprobe -r kvm-amd
 }
+logger -t xcat "KVM $1"
 case "\$1" in
   start)
     echo -n $"Starting KVM: "
+    logger -t xcat "Starting KVM:"
     start
     echo
     ;;
   stop)
     echo -n $"Shutting down KVM: "
+    logger -t xcat "Shutting down KVM:"
     stop
     echo
     ;;
@@ -92,7 +95,9 @@ case "\$1" in
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Unknown command: \$1" >&2
+    logger -t xcat "Unknown command: \$1"
     echo "Valid commands are: start, stop, status" >&2
+    logger -t xcat "Valid commands are: start, stop, status"
     exit 1
 esac
 EOF
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ disconnect_targets()
 {
   iscsiadm -m node --logout
 }
+logger -t xcat "iscsi $1"
 case "\$1" in
     start)
       connect_targets
@@ -132,7 +138,9 @@ case "\$1" in
       ;;
     *)
       echo "Unknown command: \$1" >&2
+      logger -t xcat "Unknown command: \$1"
       echo "Valid commands are: start, stop, status" >&2
+      logger -t xcat "Valid commands are: start, stop, status"
       exit 1
 esac
 EOF
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/nfsmounts b/xCAT/postscripts/nfsmounts
index 4c0b184c9..7f4530586 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/nfsmounts
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/nfsmounts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ XCATFS=$MASTER:$XCATROOT
 
 logger -t xcat "Install: setup NFS mounts in fstab"
 
+echo "$0: the OS version is $OSVER" | logger -t xcat
 case "$OSVER" in
 	rhfc[23])
 		XOPTS=",nfsvers=2"
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
index ccd123366..632626642 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ if [ $mounted -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 echo NFSSERVER=$NFSSERVER
+logger -t xcat "NFSSERVER=$NFSSERVER"
 echo OTHERPKGDIR=$OTHERPKGDIR
+logger -t xcat "OTHERPKGDIR=$OTHERPKGDIR"
 
 #check if the node has yum or zypper installed, it will try yum first, then zypper and last rpm
 hasyum=0  
@@ -220,15 +222,17 @@ if [ "$repo_pkgs_preremove" != "" ]; then
     if [ $hasyum -eq 1 ]; then 
         echo "yum -y remove $repo_pkgs_preremove"
         result=`yum -y remove $repo_pkgs_preremove 2>&1`
+        logger -t xcat "$result"
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-            logger "otherpkgs: $result"
+	    logger -t xcat "otherpkgs: $result"
         fi
         echo "$result"
     elif [ $haszypper -eq 1 ]; then
         echo "zypper remove -y $repo_pkgs_preremove"
 	result=`zypper remove -y $repo_pkgs_preremove 2>&1`
+        logger -t xcat "$result"
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-            logger "otherpkgs: $result"
+            logger -t xcat "otherpkgs: $result"
 	fi
         echo "$result"
     fi
@@ -237,8 +241,9 @@ fi
 if [ "$plain_pkgs_preremove" != "" ]; then 
     echo "rpm -ev $plain_pkgs_preremove" 
     result=`rpm -ev $plain_pkgs_preremove 2>&1`
+    logger -t xcat "$result"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-	logger "otherpkgs $result"
+	logger -t xcat "otherpkgs $result"
     fi
     echo "$result"
 fi
@@ -249,15 +254,17 @@ if [ "$repo_pkgs" != "" ]; then
     if [ $hasyum -eq 1 ]; then 
         echo "yum -y install $repo_pkgs"
         result=`yum -y install $repo_pkgs 2>&1`
+	 logger -t xcat "$result"
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-            logger "otherpkgs: $result"
+            logger -t xcat "otherpkgs: $result"
         fi
         echo "$result"
     elif [ $haszypper -eq 1 ]; then
         echo "zypper install -y $repo_pkgs"
 	result=`zypper install -y $repo_pkgs 2>&1`
+        logger -t xcat "$result"
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-            logger "otherpkgs: $result"
+            logger -t xcat "otherpkgs: $result"
 	fi
         echo "$result"
         #remove the repos
@@ -294,8 +301,9 @@ if [ "$plain_pkgs" != "" ]; then
     echo "rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs $plain_pkgs" 
     result=`rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs $plain_pkgs 2>&1`
     #result=`rpm -Fvh $plain_pkgs 2>&1`
+    logger -t xcat "$result"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-	logger "otherpkgs $result"
+	logger -t xcat "otherpkgs $result"
     fi
     echo "$result"
     
@@ -311,15 +319,17 @@ if [ "$repo_pkgs_postremove" != "" ]; then
     if [ $hasyum -eq 1 ]; then 
         echo "yum -y removel $repo_pkgs_postremove"
         result=`yum -y remove $repo_pkgs_postremove 2>&1`
+        logger -t xcat "$result"
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-            logger "otherpkgs: $result"
+            logger -t xcat "otherpkgs: $result"
         fi
         echo "$result"
     elif [ $haszypper -eq 1 ]; then
         echo "zypper remove -y $repo_pkgs_postremove"
 	result=`zypper remove -y $repo_pkgs_postremove 2>&1`
+        logger -t xcat "$result"
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-            logger "otherpkgs: $result"
+            logger -t xcat "otherpkgs: $result"
 	fi
         echo "$result"
     fi
@@ -328,8 +338,9 @@ fi
 if [ "$plain_pkgs_postremove" != "" ]; then 
     echo "rpm -ev $plain_pkgs_postremove" 
     result=`rpm -ev $plain_pkgs_postremove 2>&1`
+    logger -t xcat "$result"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
-	logger "otherpkgs $result"
+	logger -t xcat "otherpkgs $result"
     fi
     echo "$result"
 fi
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell b/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
index 32c84dc2b..5a65b97bb 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/remoteshell
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ fi
 #	cp /xcatpost/hostkeys/*_key /etc/ssh/
 #fi
 if [ ! -x /usr/bin/openssl ]; then
+    logger -t xcat "Install: /usr/bin/openssl is not executable."
     exit 0
 fi
 allowcred.awk &
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ if [ -r /root/.ssh/id_rsa ]; then
 fi
 
 # start up the sshd for syncfiles postscript to do the sync work
+logger -t xCAT "start up sshd"
 service sshd start
 
 kill -9 $CREDPID
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/serialconsole b/xCAT/postscripts/serialconsole
index 7640f6d7e..c032c93ed 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/serialconsole
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/serialconsole
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ done
 
 if [ -n "$GRUB" ]
 then
+        logger -t xcat "Install: the GRUB dir is $GRUBDIR"
 	cd $GRUBDIR
 	perl -pi -e 's/^gfxmenu/#gfxmenu/' $GRUBFILE
 	perl -pi -e 's/^color/#color/' $GRUBFILE
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode b/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
index 7ea61a9b6..b45d118a6 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ else
 	&runcmd("/opt/xcat/sbin/copycerts");
 }
 
+`logger -t xcat rc=$rc`;
 exit $rc;
 
 #
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setiscsiparms.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/setiscsiparms.awk
index 7e0204d76..b63223b60 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/setiscsiparms.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setiscsiparms.awk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ BEGIN {
                         print $0 | "logger -t xcat"
                 else {
                     print "Retrying iSCSI paramater config script"
+                    print "Retrying iSCSI paramater config script" | "logger -t xcat"
                     close(ns)
                     system("sleep 1")
                 }
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setupLDAP b/xCAT/postscripts/setupLDAP
index fe11891bc..a2a5a6504 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/setupLDAP
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setupLDAP
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 if [ -r /etc/ldap.conf -a -r /etc/resolv.conf ]
         then
             echo -n "         LDAP: "
-
+	     logger -t xcat "         LDAP: "
             DC=$(
                 cat /etc/resolv.conf | \
                 egrep '(domain|search)' | \
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setupesx b/xCAT/postscripts/setupesx
index 581b13c86..6a6822907 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/setupesx
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setupesx
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ esxcfg-firewall -e ntpClient
 esxcfg-firewall -o 123,udp,out,ntpServer
 esxcfg-firewall -o 514,udp,out,syslog
 esxcfg-firewall -l
+logger -t xcat "Install: restart syslog"
 service syslog restart
 
 EOF1
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
index 3ef99afd2..400affaa4 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if [ "$master" ==  "$sitemaster" ]; then
 	   master=$i
 	done 
   else
+	logger -t xcat "Install: $NTPSERVERS don't exist"
         exit 0	
 
   fi
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syncclock b/xCAT/postscripts/syncclock
index a39eb3513..df7d05e15 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syncclock
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syncclock
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ then
 	logger -t xcat "Install: sync clock"
 	ntpdate -bs $T 2>&1 | logger -t xcat
 
+	logger -t xcat "$0: the OS version is $OSVER"
 	case "$OSVER" in
 		rh9|rh[awe]s[34]|rh*5)
 			hwclock -w 2>&1 | logger -t xcat
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles b/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
index 86f64ed63..794ed6ef8 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/syncfiles
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fi
 
 #do nothing id there is no sync file template for the node
 if [[ $NOSYNCFILES -eq 1 ]]; then
+   logger -t xCAT "$0: there is no sync file template for the node"
    exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ if [ "$NODESETSTATE" = "netboot" -o \
      "$NODESETSTATE" = "diskless" -o \
      "$NODESETSTATE" = "dataless" ] 
 then
+  logger -t xCAT "$0: the node set state is $NODESETSTATE"
   exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ osname=`uname`
 # run the xdcp on the MN/SN
 xcatpostdir="/xcatpost"
 
+logger -t xCAT "$0: the OS name = $osname"
 if [ $osname = "Linux" ] 
 then
 `$xcatpostdir/startsyncfiles.awk`
@@ -44,9 +47,9 @@ fi
 
 if [ $returncode -eq 1 ]
 then
-  logger -t xCAT "Perform Syncing File action successfully"
+  logger -t xCAT "$0: Perform Syncing File action successfully"
 else
-  logger -t xCAT "Perform Syncing File action encountered error"
+  logger -t xCAT "$0: Perform Syncing File action encountered error"
 fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/unlocktftpdir.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/unlocktftpdir.awk
index 2f6945257..e68f8b8fb 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/unlocktftpdir.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/unlocktftpdir.awk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BEGIN {
                         print $0 | "logger -t xcat"
                 else {
                     print "Retrying unlock of tftp directory"
+                    print "$0: Retrying unlock of tftp directory" | "logger -t xcat"
                     close(ns)
                     system("sleep 5")
                 }
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
index 5c27f5cd1..b284ed297 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 # if AIX - make sure we include perl 5.8.2 in INC path.
 #       Needed to find perl dependencies shipped in deps tarball.
+my $osname = $^0;
+`logger -t xcat $osname`;
 if ($^O =~ /^aix/i) {
         use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2/aix-thread-multi";
         use lib "/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.2";
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ if (!-d $logdir) {
 $::sdate = `/bin/date`;
 chomp $::sdate;
 my $logfile = $logdir . "/xcat.log";
+`logger -t xcat $logfile`;
 
 # this log should not contain much so it might be ok to let it grow?
 # at least we'll have the errors preserved
@@ -258,12 +261,15 @@ if (-f $scriptname)
 run_ps () {
  if [[ -f \\\$1 ]]; then
   echo \\"Running postscript: \\\$1\\"
+  print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Running postscript: $1\n";
   OUTPUT=\\\`./\\\$1 2>&1\\\`
   if [[ -n \\\$OUTPUT ]]; then
     echo \\"\\\$OUTPUT\\"
+    print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: output=$output\n";
   fi
  else
   echo \\"Postscript \\\$1 does NOT exist.\\"
+  print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $1 does NOT exist.\n";
  fi
 }
 # subroutine end
@@ -276,6 +282,7 @@ run_ps () {
     $ENV{PATH}="/xcatpost:$ENV{PATH}";
     &runcmd("cd /xcatpost;$scriptname");
     print $::outref;
+    print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: outref = $::outref\n";
 } else {
 	print "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Could not find post script for $::shorthost.\n";
 	print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Could not find post script for $::shorthost.\n";
@@ -296,6 +303,7 @@ if (@ARGV<1) {
 } else {
   #called by updatenode, infrom user it is done
   print "returned from postscript";
+  print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: returned from postscript.\n";
 }
 
 if (-f $scriptname) {
@@ -442,7 +450,7 @@ sub  updateflag {
 sub runcmd
 {
     my ($cmd) = @_;
-	my $rc=0;
+    my $rc=0;
     $cmd .= ' 2>&1' ;
     $::outref = [];
     $::outref = `$cmd`;
@@ -451,8 +459,8 @@ sub runcmd
         $rc = $? >> 8;
         if ($rc > 0)
         {
-	#		print "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
-	#		print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
+		print "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
+		print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
         }
     }
  return $rc;
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixscript b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixscript
index 6101c26cb..74cbee4d6 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixscript
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixscript
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ if ((@ARGV==0) || ($ARGV[0] != 2)) {
 }
 
 if (&runcmd($cpcmd) != 0) {
-#    print "$::sdate xcataixpost: Could not copy postscripts to /xcatpost.\n";
-#	print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate xcataixpost: Could not copy postscripts to /xcatpost.\n";
+    print "$::sdate xcataixpost: Could not copy postscripts to /xcatpost.\n";
+    print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate xcataixpost: Could not copy postscripts to /xcatpost.\n";
 }
 
 # make sure all are executable
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ sub runcmd
         $rc = $? >> 8;
         if ($rc > 0)
         {
-#			print "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
-#			print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
+		print "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
+		print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $::outref\n";
         }
     }
  return $rc;
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
index 6f55cd011..5d755adcb 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 if [ ! -x /usr/bin/openssl ]; then #Unless we have openssl stup
+   logger -t xcat "$0: /usr/bin/openssl is not executable"
    exit 0
 fi
 USEOPENSSLFORXCAT=1 #Declare 2.3 style SSL
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
index 355c9b414..458ff0392 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 if [ ! `uname` == Linux ]; then
    MYDIR=`dirname $0`
    #exec $MYDIR/xcatdsklspost.aix
+   logger -t xcat "$0: the OS name is not Linux"
    exit
 fi
 let SLI=$RANDOM%10
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit
index 820a95188..5da91f1df 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatpostinit
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if [ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then
   . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
 fi
 
+logger -t xcat "$0: action is $1"
 case $1 in
 restart)
   $0 stop
@@ -26,9 +27,11 @@ restart)
   ;;
 status)
   echo -n "xcatpostinit runs only at boot, runs additional post scripts"
+  logger -t xcat "xcatpostinit runs only at boot, runs additional post scripts"
   ;;
 stop)
   echo -n "nothing to stop "
+  logger -t xcat "nothing to stop"
   ;;
 start)
   # run /opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatserver b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatserver
index 3ba8eff87..7216df16a 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatserver
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatserver
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 if [ ! -x /usr/bin/openssl ]; then
+   logger -t xcat "$0: /usr/bin/openssl is not executable"
    exit 0
 fi
 USEOPENSSLFORXCAT=1