Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:49:15 -0400 From: bush doctor <dervish@bantu.cl.msu.edu> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: "Brian Mitchell (ISSATL)" <bmitchel@iss.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Let a daemon process print a message Message-ID: <19990913164915.A44185@bantu.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990913160828.9633A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>; from Zhihui Zhang on Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 04:12:44PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990913135151.367F-100000@egon.iss.net> <Pine.GSO.3.96.990913160828.9633A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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Out of da blue Zhihui Zhang aka (zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu) said: > > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Brian Mitchell (ISSATL) wrote: > > > syslog() with the proper facility is probably the best way to do this. > > Another possibility is opening /dev/console, but I think that will aquire > > a controlling terminal. > > > > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me how to let a daemon process print a message to the > > > console? Adding printf() does not work (I wonder if a daemon process > > > has been cut of relationship with stdout). Thanks for any help. > > > > > I have tested syslog(). I find out: (1) The log messages will go into > /var/log/messages and appear on the console only after I login in (as > root). (2) The LOG_INFO priority does not cause the messages to appear on > the console or to be written into file /var/log/messages. > > Can anyone explain the reason for me? Thanks a lot. Did you add an entry in /etc/syslog.conf for your daemon? If not check the man page for syslog.conf(5) for details ... > > -Zhihui > > #:^) -- So ya want ta here da roots? Dem that feels it knows it ... bush doctor <dervish@bantu.cl.msu.edu> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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