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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Allen Louden <alouden@access.mountain.net>
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Subject: Re: Problems with latest ppp
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On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Allen Louden wrote:

> > > DType `show log' or check out /var/log/ppp.log.
> 
> Doug,
> I did the above and nothing.
> 
> > Okay, that explains it.  The older versions would do like a tail -10 on
> > the ppp log and display it.  What does /var/log/ppp.log report?
> 
> I also did the above and nothing is in the file.
> 
> This weekend I took drastic measures and did a complete reinstall (I
> knew of no other way to get the old ppp) I was then able to see the
> results of ppp actions in ppp_tun.log. (No help yet, but still trying)
> 
> So, I then installed the latest ppp from Brian and made the necessary
> adjustments to;
> 
> 1.) etc/group added group network and placed myself in it
> 2.) changed syslog.conf accordingly by adding the line;
> !ppp
> *.*                                     /var/log/ppp.log 
> 3.) changed set debug to set log
> 4.) did hup and reboot just to be sure
> 
> All to no avail, I get no information in ppp.log and on boot I get an
> error message that states;
> sylogd:unknown priority name "".
> 
> Now, when I take the line ( !ppp                  /var/log/ppp.log )   
> from syslog.conf, I get no error on boot. I still get no info in
> ppp.log, but I assume its because I am not using the old.

What version of FreeBSD are you on?  This wasn't supported until recently.

How about /var/log/messages?

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