Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:24:56 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott@fishballoon.org> To: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> Cc: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where can i find a startup log Message-ID: <20030219182456.GA66250@tuatara.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <20030219175016.97162.qmail@web41309.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030219153350.GA53851@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <20030219175016.97162.qmail@web41309.mail.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 09:50:16AM -0800, Wayne Lubin wrote: > > I don't understand what exactly is being suggested > here. > > The part I don't understand is what is being said to > done with > > > Then: > > > > # touch /var/log/console.log > > # chmod 600 /var/log/console.log > > # chown root:wheel /var/log/console/log > > # kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid` > > > Are you suggesting that we add those comments to the > file, which obviously does not make sense. Or are you > suggesting that we uncomment those lines, but in which > case does not make sense because those lines don't > exist in my file. Or are you suggesting that we add > those lines in uncommented form to the file. He's suggesting you run those commands in your shell after making the edits to syslog.conf. The '#' means you need to run the commands as root (it's a typical shell prompt for root logins). HTH, Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030219182456.GA66250>