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Date:      Wed, 12 May 2004 21:53:54 +0300
From:      Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>
To:        platanthera <platanthera@web.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sys messages on X desktop
Message-ID:  <20040512215354.312de687@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro>
In-Reply-To: <200405122037.14018.platanthera@web.de>
References:  <20040512194747.125be8ed.martin.vana@vslib.cz> <20040512210058.6d5b2074@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <200405122037.14018.platanthera@web.de>

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On Wed, 12 May 2004 20:37:13 +0200
platanthera <platanthera@web.de> wrote:

> On Wednesday 12 May 2004 20:00, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 May 2004 19:47:47 +0200
> >
> > Martin Vana <martin.vana@vslib.cz> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I saw a screenshot and there was console running with sysmessages,
> > > how can I run such a console?
> > > thanx
> >
> > simple version (as root):
> > # tail -f /var/log/messages
> 
> you don't need to be root to monitor /var/log/messages. have a look at the 
> permissions of the different logfiles

Uh, yes; I forgot I changed some permissions.



-- 
IOnut
Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"



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