From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 22 10:30:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA19776 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:30:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.statsci.com (main.statsci.com [198.145.127.110]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA19749 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:29:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from statsci.com by main.statsci.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0u0Bao-000r3yC; Fri, 22 Mar 96 10:29 PST Message-Id: To: Michael Smith cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph P. Kukulies), freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslogd unknown priority name "" In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 22 Mar 1996 08:47:50 +1030." <199603212217.IAA13635@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Reply-to: scott@statsci.com Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:29:41 -0800 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith wrote: > Christoph P. Kukulies stands accused of saying: > > > > On a 2.1 system I see spuriously the console message > > > > syslogd unknown priority name "" > > > > Has anyone else seen this and what might be the cause of this? > > Something is attempting to log a message but specifying a null priority > name. Are you running anything "nonstandard"? Or...could it be a message coming from syslogd running across a bad entry in the syslog.conf file? Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org