Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:04:01 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Efren Bravo <efrenba@yahoo.es> Cc: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: syslogd writing logs to wrong file Message-ID: <20051130190401.GG54383@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20051130182509.65617.qmail@web25511.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20051130182509.65617.qmail@web25511.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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In the last episode (Nov 30), Efren Bravo said: > I've a freeBSD6.0-i386 with IPFv4.1.8 and these > lines in /etc/syslog.conf > > *.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/message > security.* /var/log/security > ... > > Why syslogd is writing into /var/log/messages > instead of /var/log/security. It should be writing to both. If you don't want security entries in /var/log/messages, put a "security.none" selector in. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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