Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:08:08 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/syslogd syslogd.8 syslogd.c Message-ID: <200603061208.11685.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200603061036.k26AaXgt047115@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200603061036.k26AaXgt047115@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Monday 06 March 2006 05:36, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > pjd 2006-03-06 10:36:33 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > usr.sbin/syslogd syslogd.8 syslogd.c > Log: > By default (for security reasons) syslogd(8) doesn't create log files > when they don't exist, but sometimes its quite useful (eg. we use > non-standard log files and memory backed /var/, which is populated on > boot). > > Add -C option which tells syslogd(8) to create log files if they don't > exist. > > Glanced at by: phk > MFC after: 3 days Did you know about the -C option to newsyslog? newsyslog is a better too for creating the log files since its config file can specify permissions (owner, group, chmod). -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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