Date: 18 Aug 2002 13:34:03 +0100 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: sroberts@dsl.pipex.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to add service to log in newsyslog.conf? Message-ID: <1029674045.5163.9.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <20020818122943.GE2079@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <1029631750.38776.229.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020818110909.GC2079@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <1029669916.5163.5.camel@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> <20020818122943.GE2079@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Thanks for the information Matthew. Stacey On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 13:29, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 12:25:14PM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > I wasn't sure about the PID column and how to use it, didn't mean to > > waste anyone's time here. > > You only need to use the PID column for daemons that run persistently > and log directly (ie. not via syslog(2)) to a file to which they keep > an open file descriptor. The daemon also needs to be programmed so > that it will re-open its log files on receipt of a signal --- usually > SIGHUP, but not always. Sending a SIGHUP to syslogd(8) is handled > automatically by newsyslog(1), so you don't need to add any extra > configuration to support that. > > For instance, apache httpd fulfils those criteria, and I have: > > # Nb. signal 30 == SIGUSR1 => graceful restart of apache > # > /var/log/httpd-access.log 644 20 100 * Z /var/run/httpd.pid 30 > > You can see if a daemon has a log file open for writing by using the > fstat(1) command: > > happy-idiot-talk:~:% fstat /var/log/messages > USER CMD PID FD MOUNT INUM MODE SZ|DV R/W NAME > root syslogd 92 8 /var 170 -rw-r--r-- 114 w /var/log/messages > > Since you're (presumably) running ftpd(8) out of inetd(8), which means > that ftpd(8) doesn't run continually, you don't need to worry about > signalling it to close and re-open its log files. The config you've > set up will be fine. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow > Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUAPV+UOZvQeubckvvXAQGXPggAlU3yl+S/jAW9E/Qhr/s8JtH6e5+Vu7kg jgOmWVg7ko8XZg7yPm5sGYqm7FprXPpXe5taAwLiMEYCEoPelQR5VDfhw8c0Mhmr cdBDzA/NGXMk2VPZT9WEXPC8Q1jGEwZcYgJcapqAUjCboiFz5s9sLqAYhakUOPl3 jeKOZ/wTFLze7dyXxFUgfXK1dLW7stGlqf9X7VnwHmnuP8MEBANLbCme8LCZzpoe zYESZeMTOP2ImFnLxRQbbM///sk/dLmxIrHcTVMXpe9nSiwfeJDEiH4dSYDDy6WE cyLiJF+il7rF6ocyuvT1/ALBKhWPwqVJy58eqAcWnz5YhGonjVrDRQ== =ULNS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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