Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:22:46 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Maruca, Fran" <fmaruca@xyplex.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multiple ppp logs Message-ID: <199801282122.VAA09759@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:04:26 EST." <AFC1FAD88757D111BDD00060970C719A0354ED@east.xyplex.com>
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> Hi,
>
> I pretty new to BSD in general and was hoping someone could help me out.
> I'm a couple of issues with ppp logs that I can't seem to get around.
>
> 1) It seems that I can't simply create a file called ppp.log in
> /var/log and have ppp use it. I've ensure the proper rights and the
> owner as root:wheel but no luck. The next time I bring up ppp the log
> remains empty.
>
> 2) My ultimate goal is to create up to 16 dial-out ppp
> connections. I'd like to have a separate log for each session.
> According to the System Manager's Manual I can do this by creating a
> link in /usr/sbin to ppp and calling pppX where X is a variable. Also,
> the appropriate entry in /etc/syslog.conf must be entered. I do this
> and reboot but again, when I bring up ppp the logs remain empty.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Have you created the syslog.conf entries with the necessary <TAB>
characters - ie. ``ppp1\n*.*\t/var/log/ppp1.log'' ? You must also
create an initial log file (or add it to newsyslog.conf).
> Thanks,
> Fran Maruca
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