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Date:      Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:46:54 -0500
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        fbsd question <fbsdq@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: syslog not looging to file
Message-ID:  <20000305114654.C62310@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000305133145.55519.qmail@hotmail.com>; from fbsdq@hotmail.com on Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 01:31:45PM %2B0000
References:  <20000305133145.55519.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 01:31:45PM +0000, fbsd question wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Cannot get syslog to write to file /var/log/ftp.log
> Have run syslog in debug mode, it registers an ftp session, but does
> not write it to log file.Also tested using 'logger -t ftpd "someones using 
> Ftp" .Here's part of debug output
> Also have done touch ftp.log
> 
> .........   FILE: /var/log/ppp.log
> .........   UNUSED: (telnetd)
> .........   UNUSED:  (ftpd)
> 
> What causes UNUSED how do i  get FILE: /var/log/ftp.log ?

Do the files /var/log/ftp.log and /var/log/telnet.log exist? syslogd
will not create them. touch(1) them manually if they do not exist.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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