From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 09:55:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38ABF1065677 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE5308FC08 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (unknown [192.168.61.3]) by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D81170E5; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mAJ9t6Sc022929; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:07 GMT (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Mike Tancsa From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:03:24 EST." <200811170603.mAH63Q54011870@lava.sentex.ca> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:06 +0000 Message-ID: <22928.1227088506@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fifo log problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:10 -0000 In message <200811170603.mAH63Q54011870@lava.sentex.ca>, Mike Tancsa writes: >>I could fear that you have two fifologs running at the same time, >>possibly as a result of syslogd doing something strange on sighup... > >There is nothing really strange about the config. Any idea on how to resolve? Not right now, there is nothing that rings a bell here and I have not seen it on any of my systems. As I said, I would fear that the SIGHUB to syslog results in some weird config where two writers are competing or something like that but that is purely a guess... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.