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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 14:07:54 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Keith Spencer <bsd@smmc.qld.edu.au>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: syslogd not working!
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On Tue, Sep 23, 1997 at 02:08:50PM +1000, Keith Spencer wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have noticed (I can't help but notice...my fbsd root keeps sending
> me mailto the effect) that my syslogd may not be working.
> at boot the report is...syslogd can't bind to something
> and says it isn't able to take requests or something.
>
> Any clues ?

No, you left them out of the message.  What are the somethings?

Is syslogd running?  If it isn't, what happens if you try to start it?

Greg