Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 12:31:11 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@shell.futuresouth.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP log file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971005122955.4930A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199710051025.LAA12056@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > > > Running a 2.1.7 system, installed the August 20th release of PPP the day > > after it was released. Added: > > > > !ppp > > *.* /var/log/ppp.log > > > > to my syslog.conf and sent a kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid` to syslogd. > > > > My ppp.lgo file has not been written too since the upgrade. The above > > addistion to syslog.conf is from the man page. Did I send the right kill > > to syslogd? > > > > I do get an error from syslog when I reboot about something not being > > right in the conf file, but as far as I can see it seems to be correct. > > > > Anyone have a hint...? Not a big deal really as its only my using this > > system, but would like something to be logged anyway. > > Make sure you use tabs between the *.* and the file name - if you use > spaces, syslogd ignores the line. I've added an appropriate comment > to the man page. > > I'm not sure why you're getting an error - you'll have to be a bit > more specific about that. Doesn't ppp automatically log to /var/log/ppp.tun0.log? Does on my 2.2-STABLE system. > > > kwoody@citytel.net > > > > > > > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * FreeBSD: turning PCs into workstations * | Windows: turning workstations into typewriters | * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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