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"Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" wrote:
> 
> I'm want to send the squid log to /var/log/squid instead of
> /var/log/messages so I added to /etc/syslog.conf the following line:
> 
> squid.*                                         /var/log/squid
> 
> and killed -1 the process (even rebooted) but nothing happened
> 
> Where am I wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 

	Does /var/log/squid exist?  syslog will not create the file.  So do
something like :

	# touch /var/log/squid
	# kill -HUP <pid_of_syslog>

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Joseph Scott
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Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento


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