Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:10:06 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Maruca, Fran" <fmaruca@xyplex.com> Cc: "'Brian Somers'" <brian@Awfulhak.org>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multiple ppp logs Message-ID: <199801292110.VAA23442@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:10:33 EST." <AFC1FAD88757D111BDD00060970C719A0354FA@east.xyplex.com>
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> Not having much luck here. Yes I created the entries in the
> /etc/syslog.conf file complete with TABs. I create the log files in
> /var/log via 'touch' and ensure that the permissions/priv is the same as
> the original ppp.log. In /usr/sbin I created 2 links, ppp0 & ppp1 via
> 'ln -s ppp /usr/sbin/ppp{#}. After doing this, I reboot the box and
> initiate a ppp connection. I watch ppp come up; dial; negotiate PPP and
> then I hang it up. The ppp{#}.log is empty.
>
> I'm not running newsyslogd so I'm assuming that has nothing to do with
> this. Please tell me if I'm wrong. At this point I started to play a
> bit changing the priv on /usr/sbin/ppp (yes I was grasping at straws).
> While I still have no problems dialing the ppp session I've noticed that
> at reboot syslogd reports the error - syslogd: unknown priority name "".
>
> Ok I give! I know I must be doing something very rookie-like....any
> help is appreciated.
Perhaps you haven't got a linefeed at the end of syslog.conf ? I'm
grasping at straws too :-)
> Thanks,
> Fran
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