From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 6 18:30:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898F016A423; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:30:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A390943D4C; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:30:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k26IULTq019453; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:30:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:08:08 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200603061036.k26AaXgt047115@repoman.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200603061036.k26AaXgt047115@repoman.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603061208.11685.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1315/Sun Mar 5 05:31:57 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/syslogd syslogd.8 syslogd.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:30:24 -0000 On Monday 06 March 2006 05:36, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > pjd 2006-03-06 10:36:33 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > usr.sbin/syslogd syslogd.8 syslogd.c > Log: > By default (for security reasons) syslogd(8) doesn't create log files > when they don't exist, but sometimes its quite useful (eg. we use > non-standard log files and memory backed /var/, which is populated on > boot). > > Add -C option which tells syslogd(8) to create log files if they don't > exist. > > Glanced at by: phk > MFC after: 3 days Did you know about the -C option to newsyslog? newsyslog is a better too for creating the log files since its config file can specify permissions (owner, group, chmod). -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org