From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 9 22:33:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA07276 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:33:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from lists01.iafrica.com (lists01.iafrica.com [196.7.0.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA07267 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:33:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.iafrica.com) Received: from axl.iafrica.com [196.31.1.167] by lists01.iafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0xUnP3-0001Bk-00; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:32:53 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Studded" cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: syslogd doesn't read syslog.conf on HUP In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 08 Nov 1997 09:49:04 PST." <199711081749.JAA27661@dragonlair.dal.net> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:33:11 +0200 Message-ID: <29507.879143591@axl.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 08 Nov 1997 09:49:04 PST, "Studded" wrote: > Of course, you do realize that if you send logging data to a new file, > you have to create it before syslog will write to it, yes? Hi Doug, Knowing and believing are two different things. That's about the only I learned in Sunday school. Although I knew this to be the case, I didn't apply what I knew when I was testing the "problem". I've just tried touching the new file I wish to log to _before_ sending a HUP and it works great. Apologies if this was an FAQ. *cringe* Thanks, Sheldon.