From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 12 7:23:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from athserv.otenet.gr (athserv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A94C1501E for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 07:22:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a067.otenet.gr [195.167.115.67]) by athserv.otenet.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA08956 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:22:40 +0200 (EET) Received: (qmail 2588 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Nov 1999 14:14:23 -0000 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslog.conf References: <04c001bf2ba3$86128ed0$8e1d91d8@ibroadcast.net> <19991111150529.A718@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> <003f01bf2c08$7e80e440$0e91ddd1@balfourplace.com> From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: 12 Nov 1999 16:14:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: "Majid Almassari"'s message of "Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:48:59 -0800" Message-ID: <86aeojokzk.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> Lines: 19 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.6.45/XEmacs 21.1 - "20 Minutes to Nikko" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Majid Almassari" writes: > I appreciate your help, it works now. In RedHat 5.2 syslog does create the > log file automatically once you specify it in /etc/syslog.conf thats what > made me wonder. I got remember that I'm not dealing with RedHat here! Thanx Well, on a close inspection of `man syslog.conf' I realized that the only reference to this kind of behavior is: o A pathname (beginning with a leading slash). Selected messages are appended to the file. which does not clearly specify if the file is created on demand or not. Probably a candidate for a PR here. I really ought to read about send-pr in the handbook and elsewhere. -- Giorgos Keramidas, "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message