Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:34:08 +0200 (CEST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using 'USR1' signal in newsyslog.conf file causes error Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910242132220.65671@mail.fig.ol.no> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP57F7CB75E33B6490E6E36393BC0@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP57F7CB75E33B6490E6E36393BC0@phx.gbl>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2055831798-257890764-1256412853=:65671 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:26-0400, carmel_ny wrote: > Dovecot has a site with information regarding how to rotate it's > log-file. <http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging>; Since I do not have > logrotate on my FreeBSD-7.2 system, I thought I could use newsyslog > to accomplish the action. I seem to have run into a problem however. > > newsyslog: illegal signal number in config file: > /var/log/dovecot.log root:wheel 0666 1 * $M1D0 CJ /var/run/dovecot/master.pid SIGUSR1 > > I then changed "SIGUSR1" TO "USR1'; however, the problem continues. > > Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? You're supposed to use a number. Look in /usr/include/sys/signal.h, you'll find SIGUSR1 listed as signal no. 30. Use 30 as opposed to SIGUSR or USR1. Trond. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Trond Endrestøl | Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no ACM, NAS, NUUG, SAGE, USENIX | FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE & Alpine 2.00 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkrjVrUACgkQbYWZalUoEltaBwCdEs6UdDe7ZF+YwrcHhC7MWsIL yY0An10HF2z4TeQIdoTyt15P3hPM2ITl =CNF+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2055831798-257890764-1256412853=:65671--
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