Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:42:12 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <zszalbot@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pflogd log Message-ID: <20080123084020.L38771@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0801220945j164eaf9clffeeda7186242cd1@mail.gmail.com> References: <94136a2c0801220259x1b7dd4efw7a8fc1e8a60d2cc9@mail.gmail.com> <20080122202158.R45709@dogmatix.home.rakhesh.com> <94136a2c0801220845w6bbf50c9q7ba59052c72e871d@mail.gmail.com> <20080122211202.Q45709@dogmatix.home.rakhesh.com> <94136a2c0801220945j164eaf9clffeeda7186242cd1@mail.gmail.com>
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>>>>> I noticed that pflog is not being written to. >>>>> >>>>> $ l /var/log/pflog >>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 60 Jan 22 00:00 /var/log/pflog >>>>> >>>>> However, the process running pflogd runs as _pflogd. Does this mean I >>>>> should chown the log file with user _pflogd? >>>> >> Also, just noticed now that my /var/log/pflog file doesn't have read perms >> for the others group. Would suggest removing that and trying again. >> Possible the extra perms are an issue. > > I do not know. > > l /var/log/pflog > -rw------- 1 root wheel 60 Jan 22 00:00 /var/log/pflog Ok. In your original mail, the permissions were different ... > $ ps ax |grep pflog > 25478 ?? Is 0:00.01 pflogd: [priv] (pflogd) > 25479 ?? S 0:00.03 pflogd: [suspended] -s 116 -f /var/log/pflog (pflogd) > 25561 p0 S+ 0:00.01 grep pflog > > Not really sure what is going on. I tried: > kill -HUP 25479 I would suggest asking this question on the freebsd-pf mailing list then. They can help better I guess. Thanks, Rakhesh --- http://rakhesh.net/
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