Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 16:40:27 +0100 From: Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> To: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@deckard.addix.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternate logfile for log_in_vain Message-ID: <20020126164027.A1564@Deadcell.ANT> In-Reply-To: <20020126120912.S49715-100000@deckard.addix.net>; from ohoyer@deckard.addix.net on Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:11:39PM %2B0100 References: <20020126120912.S49715-100000@deckard.addix.net>
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:11:39PM +0100, Olaf Hoyer wrote: > > Well, I have a FreeBSD 4.4-R box running, and I just activated the options > log_in_vain via sysctl. > > Ok, it does what it is intended to do, but it clobbers up my > /var/log/messages. > > In which way might I redirect those output to, say, /var/log/log_in_vain? > > Any way to do it via some syslog entry? > Well I am not sure if there is a specific facility for log_in_vain, but you could, and should, log any kernel messages (and log_in_vain messages come from the kernel) to a specific file, kinda like this in syslog.conf: kern.* /var/log/kern.log #put kernel log stuff to kern.log kern.none /var/log/messages #don't log kernek stuff to messages That's all I can think of, but specifically logging log_in_vain would be more desireable. regards -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net Vienna, AUSTRIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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