Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:51:59 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: debug.log questions Message-ID: <437004BF.3080303@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <436FFA95.4090801@calarts.edu> References: <436FE4B7.4030505@calarts.edu> <1B9F1530-2EBC-4CE6-BC7D-60831539CC51@mac.com> <436FFA95.4090801@calarts.edu>
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Sean Murphy wrote: > Charles Swiger wrote: [ ... ] > I just checked two 5.4 servers running sendmail that came with FreeBSD > they both have the /var/log/debug.log just there is no entires in the > debug.log on the second server. However it just mails the FreeBSD daily > reports to the other server. > > Can anyone else check there FreeBSD servers 5.4 running sendmail and > have this debug.log? > > -rw------- 1 root wheel 0 May 8 2005 debug.log > > same date as I made the server > > excerpt from the syslog.conf > > *.=debug /var/log/debug.log > > your right there is an entry for the debug in the syslog.conf > > however Im pretty sure this file is default FreeBSD It turns out that you are right for 5.4, although that change has since been backed out: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/syslog.conf ...in the most current version, if I'm following the branches correctly. In either event, it's fine to discard debug-priority logging, unless actually debugging something. -- -Chuck
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