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Date:      Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:26:22 -0400
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        void <float@firedrake.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: syslogd and kqueue
Message-ID:  <20011027002622.C2586@coffee.q9media.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011027001704.B2586@coffee.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 12:17:04AM -0400
References:  <20011026233957.A9925@parhelion.firedrake.org> <20011026200436.A61058@xor.obsecurity.org> <20011027043342.A18231@parhelion.firedrake.org> <20011027001704.B2586@coffee.q9media.com>

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Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> void <float@firedrake.org> writes:
> > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 08:04:36PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > I assume you mean "as soon as the configuration file is modified"?
> > > That would be a big violation of POLA.
> > 
> > No ...
> 
> Yes!

Just to clarify.  This is still a POLA violation.  If a log file is
pulled out from underneath syslogd(8), one wouldn't expect it to start
logging again, even if the file was re-created.  Just like one
wouldn't expect it to create a new log file.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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