Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:21:16 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kayasaman@gmail.com Subject: Re: Syslog server not logging remote machines to file? Message-ID: <201111191521.pAJFLGAP065517@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <4EC78BA6.1050107@gmail.com>
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Kaya Saman <kayasaman@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got a really strange problem which seems to either be a bug with > the syslog server service or perhaps because I'm running jails on my > system..... > > I can log my router syslog information but somehow the syslog server > doesn't put the information into the designated file; which should be > /var/log/cisco857w.log??? > The -usual- 'gotcha' for this situation is that you have to _create_ the file FIRST, and then tell syslogd to reload it's configuration. (i.e. 'kill -HUP' the PID for syslogd)
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