From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 29 15: 1:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dnvrpop4.dnvr.uswest.net (dnvrpop4.dnvr.uswest.net [206.196.128.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0084E37B404 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:01:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 68350 invoked by alias); 29 Nov 2000 23:01:12 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-questions@freebsd.org@fixme Received: (qmail 68124 invoked by uid 0); 29 Nov 2000 23:01:10 -0000 Received: from wdialup222.dnvr.uswest.net (HELO miranda.dnvr.uswest.net) (216.160.142.222) by dnvrpop4.dnvr.uswest.net with SMTP; 29 Nov 2000 23:01:10 -0000 Received: (from loughry@localhost) by miranda.dnvr.uswest.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA39080; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:53:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from loughry) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:53:16 -0700 (MST) From: Joe Loughry Message-Id: <200011292253.PAA39080@miranda.dnvr.uswest.net> To: dougy@bryden.apana.org.au, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslog is full Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > If I just go into /var/log and delete that file, will there be any > > repercussions or will the daemon automatically create a new file? The daemon will NOT automatically create the file. This is a feature; it lets you easily turn off logging without having to modify any of the startup files--just delete the log file. - -Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBOiWI29momnkMQVDQEQKwfACfVxbrtBlTU590Tgeb81Et18rAXUIAoNmv nSXHBlaUtpfXV8Cv0VEBRpGc =cXDh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message