Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:48:59 -0800 From: "Majid Almassari" <majid@ibroadcast.net> To: "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: syslog.conf Message-ID: <003f01bf2c08$7e80e440$0e91ddd1@balfourplace.com> References: <04c001bf2ba3$86128ed0$8e1d91d8@ibroadcast.net> <19991111150529.A718@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
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I appreciate your help, it works now. In RedHat 5.2 syslog does create the log file automatically once you specify it in /etc/syslog.conf thats what made me wonder. I got remember that I'm not dealing with RedHat here! Thanx Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. Systems Administrator. iBroadcast, Inc. (206) 223-5540 http://www.ibroadcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Majid Almassari <majid@ibroadcast.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 6:05 PM Subject: Re: syslog.conf > [Please wrap your email to 76 chars] > > On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 05:46:31PM -0000, Majid Almassari wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I'm trying to make the following entry in /etc/syslog.conf file *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /var/log/biglog > > for some reason /var/log/biglog does not get created even after restarting syslogd. Any Ideas will be appreciated? > > You're required to create the file before using it. Use > > # touch /var/log/biglog > # kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid` > > and you're away. > -- > Jonathan Chen > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!" - Curly > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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