I can't get the general log to work in this version of MySQL.

I added the following lines to /usr/my.cnf:

general_log = 1
general_log_file = "/var/log/mysql.log"

Then restarted the server:

[root@localhost ~]# service mysql restart
Shutting down MySQL.. SUCCESS!
Starting MySQL. SUCCESS!

The settings seem to be taken into account:

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'general_log%';
+------------------+--------------------+
| Variable_name    | Value              |
+------------------+--------------------+
| general_log      | ON                 |
| general_log_file | /var/log/mysql.log |
+------------------+--------------------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)

But the log is never created:

[root@localhost ~]# mysqladmin flush-logs
[root@localhost ~]# ls -al /var/log/mysql.log
ls: cannot access /var/log/mysql.log: No such file or directory

Any idea why?