Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 06:30:07 -0800 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: syslog overwriting dmesg? Message-ID: <E14Zvzz-000LRx-00@rip.psg.com> References: <E14ZvIk-000KAE-00@rip.psg.com> <20010305142313.A91903@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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>> i am seeing symptoms a lot like syslog overwriting dmesg and then >> truncating it horribly. it takes a few days, and is only happening on >> one host. is anybody else seeing anything like this? > Have you tried "dmesg -a"? I believe the problem is known and that > Robert Wattson is working on some changes which should help. dmesg -a gives me a much bigger swath of syslog. as this is the documented behavior of -a, i did not whine about that. but it's cheering that it is a known problem and robert is aware of it. i had this icy feeling in my stomach of a possible security issue. randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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