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Date:      Sun, 16 May 2004 09:01:04 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        JJB <Barbish3@adelphia.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD 4.7 Syslogs
Message-ID:  <20040516085450.G45700@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEEGFOAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
References:  <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEEGFOAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>

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On Sun, 16 May 2004, JJB wrote:

> Thanks for the additional info.
>
> I tested using this  logger -p lpr.err  "test test"
> There is no error message about logger not working.
>
> And I get nothing in the /var/log/lpr-errs log file.

That would be /var/log/lpd-errs.

> This is so simple that the only conclusion is that it's broken in
> 4.x versions.

That's a pretty big conclusion from a small test.  Like the old "my
program doesn't work, so it must be a bug in the compiler" jump.  You
are just looking for results in the wrong place.  It's also possible
that you have syslog set to not log that type of error.

> Can any one verify that it's working in 4.x versions.

It works.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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