Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:06:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Allen Louden <alouden@access.mountain.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with latest ppp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970922220546.6177X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34271112.FBBAC0F7@access.mountain.net>
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On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Allen Louden wrote: > > > DType `show log' or check out /var/log/ppp.log. > > Doug, > I did the above and nothing. > > > Okay, that explains it. The older versions would do like a tail -10 on > > the ppp log and display it. What does /var/log/ppp.log report? > > I also did the above and nothing is in the file. > > This weekend I took drastic measures and did a complete reinstall (I > knew of no other way to get the old ppp) I was then able to see the > results of ppp actions in ppp_tun.log. (No help yet, but still trying) > > So, I then installed the latest ppp from Brian and made the necessary > adjustments to; > > 1.) etc/group added group network and placed myself in it > 2.) changed syslog.conf accordingly by adding the line; > !ppp > *.* /var/log/ppp.log > 3.) changed set debug to set log > 4.) did hup and reboot just to be sure > > All to no avail, I get no information in ppp.log and on boot I get an > error message that states; > sylogd:unknown priority name "". > > Now, when I take the line ( !ppp /var/log/ppp.log ) > from syslog.conf, I get no error on boot. I still get no info in > ppp.log, but I assume its because I am not using the old. What version of FreeBSD are you on? This wasn't supported until recently. How about /var/log/messages? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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