Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 15:05:29 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Majid Almassari <majid@ibroadcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslog.conf Message-ID: <19991111150529.A718@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <04c001bf2ba3$86128ed0$8e1d91d8@ibroadcast.net>; from majid@ibroadcast.net on Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 05:46:31PM -0000 References: <04c001bf2ba3$86128ed0$8e1d91d8@ibroadcast.net>
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On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 05:46:31PM -0000, Majid Almassari wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm trying to make the following entry in /etc/syslog.conf file *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /var/log/biglog
> for some reason /var/log/biglog does not get created even after restarting syslogd. Any Ideas will be appreciated?
You're required to create the file before using it. Use
# touch /var/log/biglog
# kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid`
and you're away.
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Jonathan Chen
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