Subject: Re: syslogging information

From: Andy Ellsworth <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 15:59:50 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 16 May 1996 [email-masked] wrote:

> in /etc/syslog.conf:
> 
> *.info          /var/adm/syslog.ftp
> 
> However, the /var/adm/syslog.ftp file is never created and nothing ever 
> logged.  Any ideas?

Try 'touch'-ing /var/adm/syslog.ftp.  Some syslogd's are picky about 
writing to files that aren't already there.  I first noticed this problem 
when rotating logs...took a bit to figure out.

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