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From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
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>Number:         46105
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       auth.log doesn't get created dynamically
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 08 10:40:02 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rich Morin
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Canta Forda Computer Laboratory
>Environment:

        FreeBSD cfcl.com 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0:
        Sat Nov 16 12:01:18 PST 2002
        rdm@cfcl.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/CFCL  i386

>Description:

	After I upgraded to 4.7, I started noticing an occasional
        nastygram on the console, saying /var/log/auth.log was
        missing.  Looking in /var/log.dist and /var/log, I found
        that, indeed, it had gone AWOL during the move.

        This was my mistake, but why doesn't this log file
        regenerate itself at need?

>How-To-Repeat:

	# rm /var/log/auth.log
        # sync
        # sync
        # reboot

        (:-)

>Fix:

	<How to correct or work around the problem, if known (multiple lines)>

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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