Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:37:47 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Jose Monteiro <jm@pluriproj.pt> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syslog problem Message-ID: <199710222137.WAA01513@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Oct 1997 14:14:05 GMT." <344f0879.169859067@mail.leirianet.pt>
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> Hi, > > I'm having a little problem configuring syslog.conf to log all kernel > messages of priority notice or higher. > > In /etc/syslog.conf I have: > > kern.notice /var/log/kernel.log > > The file kernel.log was created by root with touch and the permissions > are: > > 195 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 0 Oct 22 15:15 kernel.log > > But I'm not managing to log any messages in kernel.log. > > I tried to use logger with: > > #logger -p kern.notice Testing... > > And I log the message in messages (because of *.notice in syslog.conf) > but nothing goes to kernel.log. > > Any sugestions? > > Thanks, Syslog.conf is quite particular about <TAB>s rather than <SPACE>s. It tends to just ignore lines w/ spaces :-( > Jose > > > Sp*mbots buffet... > -------------------- > webmaster@localhost, > abuse@localhost, > postmaster@localhost, > postmaster@fbi.gov, > postmaster@policiajudiciaria.pt, > -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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