Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:20:27 -0800 From: Andrew Stuart <elitetek@tekrealm.net> To: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> Cc: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where can i find a startup log Message-ID: <20030219182027.GA66263@freebsd.tekrealm.net> In-Reply-To: <20030219175016.97162.qmail@web41309.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030219153350.GA53851@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <20030219175016.97162.qmail@web41309.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 at 09:50:16 -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: > --snip-- > > I don't understand what exactly is being suggested > here. > > The part I don't understand is what is being said to > done with > > > Then: > > > > # touch /var/log/console.log > > # chmod 600 /var/log/console.log > > # chown root:wheel /var/log/console/log > > # kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid` > > > Are you suggesting that we add those comments to the > file, which obviously does not make sense. Or are you > suggesting that we uncomment those lines, but in which > case does not make sense because those lines don't > exist in my file. Or are you suggesting that we add > those lines in uncommented form to the file. > --snip-- > > Thanks > Actually what he meant (wrote) is that you uncomment the line in syslogd.conf, then from the command line run the touch, chmod, chown, and kill. the #'s in 4 lines happen to be shell prompts -Andrew -- Andrew Stuart http://www.tekrealm.net President Thieu says he'll quit if he doesn't get more than 50% of the vote. In a democracy, that's not called quitting. -- The Washington Post [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+U8rrSLAP4zYxy3URAg6oAJ9lwuJ1VstCLWAhOnOs6CG/N5ZIqgCfZog4 Ila7+yihFotZMURPfpwAe+w= =gCJQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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