From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 5 12:17:28 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADB4102319A for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:17:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Received: from outbound.ifdnrg.com (outbound2.ifdnrg.com [193.200.98.38]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "outbound.ifdnrg.com", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 083D07933B for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([195.26.58.22]) (authenticated bits=0) by outbound.ifdnrg.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id w65CHIeH088421 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2018 13:17:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) X-Authentication-Warning: outbound.ifdnrg.com: Host [195.26.58.22] claimed to be [192.168.1.11] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Paul Macdonald Subject: syslog unresponsive for *.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit Message-ID: <9a08baca-9ece-9277-d381-830d7eddcaaa@ifdnrg.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 13:17:19 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:17:28 -0000 hi, on 2 boxes now i've seen problems with su logins that seem to be related to syslog and in fact syslog won;t restart with the std *.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console when this is changed to a file all is ok. slightly worrying when you can;t su to root however... anyone else seen this? -- ------------------------- Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting ------------------------- t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: paul@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com ------------------------- IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA ---------------------------------------------------- Virtual Servers from £50.00pm High specification Dedicated Servers from £150.00pm ----------------------------------------------------