Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:18:17 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Michael Hostbaek <mich@freebsdcluster.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newsyslog.conf - sudden error Message-ID: <20020325161817.C84226@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20020325102339.GC529@mich.itxmarket.com>; from mich@freebsdcluster.org on Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 11:23:39AM %2B0100 References: <20020325102339.GC529@mich.itxmarket.com>
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 11:23:39AM +0100, Michael Hostbaek wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have 3 FreeBSD boxes running ipfw at three different locations.. 2 of
> the boxes are 4.5-STABLE and the last is 4.4-STABLE.
>
> Last night, both the 4.5-STABLE boxes started to produce the following
> error..
>
> <snip>
> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:00:00 +0100 (CET)
> To: root
> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin>
> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
> X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>
>
> newsyslog: malformed at:
> /var/log/ipfw 600 10 * $W0D2 Z
> </snip>
>
>
> The 4.4-STABLE has the exact same configuration, however with no errors.
>
> The two other boxes have been running, for several months, without any
> problems, and no changes have been made recently. And as far as I can
> see, the syntax in /etc/newsyslog.conf seems allright to me.
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, thanks..
That error message means it's having trouble reading the "$W0D2." But
I believe that is valid syntax. I can't see any recent changes to
newsyslog(8) that might be making problems.
Is there something special about that time? There wasn't some kind of
DST-Standard time switch in the local timezone, was there (kind of
early in the year for that)?
--
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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