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Date:      Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:28:39 -0700
From:      "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit@CityofPaloAlto.org>
To:        "James Riendeau" <jtriende@wisc.edu>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Logging Stops after few minutes
Message-ID:  <A3114C5FA7BA8E4B8F20A198F89917503E76B4@xiris.staff.copa>

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Sorry! Didn't mean to be snappy, I thank you for your level head. =
Basically, this is what is happening the syslog.conf file has the line =
for all.log to be activated in the directory I chose, which is /usr/log. =
I know for certain that if I stop and restart the syslogd daemon, it =
will start writing to all.log and then after few minutes, it will stop =
and that is it. I have my FTPD daemon setup to record all FTP activity =
but that is not happening. Please tell me running FTPD as daemon is not =
the cause or should I run FTP as a service. I have a lot of load due to =
FTP. Thanks for your help!!!
VJ=20

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	James Riendeau [mailto:jtriende@wisc.edu]=20
Sent:	Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:19 AM
To:	Dixit, Viraj; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:	Re: Logging Stops after few minutes

Whoa now.  No need for us all to get snappy.  Bottom line, what you =
posted
isn't much help, and without knowing anything about your system/setup, =
it's
very difficult to offer solutions.

First things first, are you sure that syslogd stops working after only 2
minutes?  Syslogd only chews on the processor when it has something to =
do.
Showing up as only running for 2 minutes when you run ps shouldn't be a
concern; that is the total CPU time and syslogd doesn't need much time =
to
get the job done on most systems.

If you're certain that it isn't logging events that it should:  did you =
make
ever make any modifications to /etc/syslog.conf?  If so, comment out =
(put a
# at the start of the line) the lines with the most recent changes.  =
Restart
syslogd.  If it works, uncomment out one line and restart syslogd.  Keep
doing that until you narrow down what causes syslog to suspend =
operations.
Let us know if you find out anything.


James Riendeau
MMI Computer Support Technician
1300 University Ave
Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro
Madison, WI  53706

Phone: (608) 262-3351
After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696
Fax: (608) 262-8418
Email: jtriende@wisc.edu


On 6/29/05 12:55 PM, "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit@CityofPaloAlto.org> =
wrote:

> Well, I will disregard your harsh comments. What I am trying to do is =
have all
> my FTP activity be logged in all.log. If you look at my FTP command it =
should
> be logging whole lot of information and my syslogd command should =
allow
> syslogd to continue writing without any delay. As for cron command, =
that just
> got copied with the rest. If you think what I pasted is meaningless, =
your
> common sense should have given you an indication to what I am looking =
for,
> just read the heading. Thank You!!
> VJ
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From:     fbsd_user [mailto:fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com]
> Sent:    Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:36 AM
> To:    Dixit, Viraj; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject:    RE: Logging Stops after few minutes
>=20
> That's all very nice, but how about a explanation of
> what your are trying to do with logging and what
> cron has to do with things.
>=20
> With no background info what you posted is meaningless.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dixit,
> Viraj
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:53 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Logging Stops after few minutes
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I have been trying to find out why my system stops recording in the
> log files after few minutes. It will log if restart my syslogd
> daemon but then stops recording. I am pasting the commands and all
> relevant information below. Please advise, I need the log
> information!!! Thanks,
> VJ
>=20
> 8127  ??  Ss     0:02.23 /usr/sbin/syslogd -m 0
>=20
> 24667  ??  Is     0:13.76 /usr/sbin/cron
> 61326  ??  Is     0:13.26 /usr/libexec/ftpd -D -l -l
>=20
> gatekeeper# cd /usr/log
> gatekeeper# ls -l
> total 0
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Jun 17 12:37 all.log
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Jun 15 11:43 messages
>=20
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