Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:08:37 -0800 From: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: debug.log questions Message-ID: <436FFA95.4090801@calarts.edu> In-Reply-To: <1B9F1530-2EBC-4CE6-BC7D-60831539CC51@mac.com> References: <436FE4B7.4030505@calarts.edu> <1B9F1530-2EBC-4CE6-BC7D-60831539CC51@mac.com>
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Charles Swiger wrote: > On Nov 7, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: >> I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 with sendmail that was included with FreeBSD. >> >> There is a debug.log that I have questions about. >> Is the debug.log just for mail troubleshooting? >> Can I turn it off or reduce the amount of logging? > > No such file exists by default under FreeBSD. Certainly you can turn it > off. > See /etc/syslog.conf, you want to comment out the line mentioning > debug.log. > > And then kill and restart syslogd... > > ---Chuck > > 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
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