Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:40:47 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <oracle@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Stefan Lesicnik" <glock@trinity.ucs.co.za>, "Joe Loughry" <loughry@uswest.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: syslog is full Message-ID: <005c01c05aa9$447253d0$837e03cb@dougy> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011300948060.27087-100000@trinity.ucs.co.za>
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ahhhhhhhh ..... that answers a question I was wondering why I had to mess with permissions :) :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Lesicnik" <glock@trinity.ucs.co.za> To: "Joe Loughry" <loughry@uswest.net> Cc: <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:49 PM Subject: Re: syslog is full > > Yup, it wont create the file. Someone also mentioned touching the > file. This will work, although you wont have the correct permissions on > the file. > > For me, i just echo "" > /var/log/logfile > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Joe Loughry wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > If I just go into /var/log and delete that file, will there be any > > > > repercussions or will the daemon automatically create a new file? > > > > The daemon will NOT automatically create the file. This is a feature; > > it lets you easily turn off logging without having to modify any of > > the startup files--just delete the log file. > > > > - -Joe > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use > > Charset: noconv > > > > iQA/AwUBOiWI29momnkMQVDQEQKwfACfVxbrtBlTU590Tgeb81Et18rAXUIAoNmv > > nSXHBlaUtpfXV8Cv0VEBRpGc > > =cXDh > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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