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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:50:51 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: syslogd died w/ signal 4
Message-ID:  <19981116225051.A7580@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981116124030.03466970@mail.computeralt.com>
References:  <4.1.19981116124030.03466970@mail.computeralt.com>

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Scott I. Remick wrote:

> I saw the following in my nightly "server security check output" on Friday
> morning:
> 
> --------<snip>--------
> 
> server kernel log messages:
> > pid 70 (syslogd), uid 0: exited on signal 4 (core dumped)
> 
> --------<snip>--------
> 
> What does signal 4 mean?  Where can I go to read up on these signals?

/usr/include/sys/signal.h

(you'll see signal four is an illegal instruction.)

> Any thoughts as to what might have caused this?

No, sorry.

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Ben Smithurst
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