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Date:      Sat, 1 Apr 2006 00:02:41 +0200
From:      Benjamin Sobotta <mayday@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd log files
Message-ID:  <200604010002.41211.mayday@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <6d356f6c0603302225j2dd5d049v34e47c6d93653616@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <6d356f6c0603302225j2dd5d049v34e47c6d93653616@mail.gmail.com>

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On Friday 31 March 2006 08:25, Logan McNaughton wrote:
> What log file stors things like system shutdown notices and that, I want to
> run root-tail in my icewm background, and Im looking for the right log file
> to show, i tried /var/log/messages, but it doesnt show shutdown notices,
> can anyone help me out? thanks
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Hey!

check out /etc/syslog.conf. You can specifiy what you want to log where. For 
example you could choose a console instead of a file.

cheers,

Ben



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