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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Roger Anthony <roger@hiwd.net>
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Subject: Re: Syslog 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Mar 2000 17:58:37 CST."
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On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 17:58:37 CST, Roger Anthony wrote:

> I think I have traced it down to the fact that I have no /var/run/log 
> file.  My question is, how do I make the /var/run/log file?  Do I use 
> mknod?  If so, what are the major/minors?

Isn't it a fifo?  If so, make it with mkfifo.  I think it needs to be
owned by root:wheel, world writable and sticky (mode 1666).

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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