Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:21:12 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Michael.Still@ipaustralia.gov.au Cc: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu>, Peter.Weber@ipaustralia.gov.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A question regarding Syslog Message-ID: <20000616002112.A215@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <4A2568FF.007E0078.00@noteshub01.aipo.gov.au>; from Michael.Still@ipaustralia.gov.au on Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:56:26AM %2B1000 References: <4A2568FF.007E0078.00@noteshub01.aipo.gov.au>
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On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:56:26AM +1000, Michael.Still@ipaustralia.gov.au wrote: > "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu> on 15/06/2000 08:30:28 AM wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 01:49:58PM +1000, Peter.Weber@ipaustralia.gov.au wrote: > > > When the syslog.conf file specifies that a message be written to a log file > > > and that log file does not exist it appears the message is simply lost. > > > > When you edit syslog.conf and want to log to something like /var/log/foo, > > then simply type touch /var/log/foo and you're all ready to go. > > Thanks for your input, however, I believe the question s more about how to > correctly determine if logging is working inside an application. I did not even see a question in the original mail as quoted. The first person simply stated how syslogd(8) works. > I get the impression that syslog is not a gauranteed logging service. Does > anyone know of one? It depends on what you mean by "gauranteed." syslogd(8) is pretty reliable if configured without errors. What does "gauranteed" imply? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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