Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:42:57 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: michael johnson <ahze@ahze.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dmesg and error logs. Message-ID: <41424A11.7000003@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <8D4A48D2-0386-11D9-B04C-000A958C81C6@ahze.net> References: <0a0a0a0a.20040910170022.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> <8D4A48D2-0386-11D9-B04C-000A958C81C6@ahze.net>
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michael johnson wrote: > On Sep 10, 2004, at 8:00 PM, Joshua Lewis wrote: > >> I am trying to troubleshoot an e-mail issue and was wondering if anyone >> can give me some info on errors and where to find them. Specifically: >> >> What log file does dmesg read from > > > /var/run/dmesg.boot is what it reads from > > /var/log/dmesg.* will also have info > >> Will dmesg give me any DNS errors or Postfix errors? > > > Depends on what the error is. > >> If not what error log should I be looking at? > > > /var/log/maillog will have the info you probably need =) > > Cheers, > Michael And, if it's so serious that the MTA isn't running, you might find something in /var/log/messages; or, written to the console. If you are running the box "headless" or from a remote location, it might be good to take a look at the note in /etc/syslog.conf regarding the writing of console output to a file (it's in a comment somewhere in there....) HTH2, Kevin Kinsey
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