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Operating Systems Solaris syslog Post 302087126 by BOFH on Tuesday 29th of August 2006 08:13:55 PM

08-29-2006

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Originally Posted by csaunders

So i beleive if i take the loghost entry out of /etc/hosts and then alter the mail line in syslog.conf to look like this... i should be ok

mail.debug /var/log/syslog

anyone think this is a bad idea?

I know that on some syslog implementations you can use spaces to separate the facility from the log. On Solaris (at least Solaris 6, which was the last time I worked with a syslog dedicated server), you must have only tabs between the facility and the log file name.

I just checked OS X, Mandrake Linux and OpenBSD and all use tabs.

Make sure the file exists before you restart syslog (yea I saw your earlier post that said it was zero bytes, just a note for the folks at home Smilie

).

Again, you might try using logger:

logger -p mail.debug -t testing "Testing to see if syslog is really working."

If you have an existing entry, you can replace mail.debug with one of those facilities and check that log. Basically make sure syslog itself is working so you know what you're trying to fix. Perhaps your mail program isn't configured to log to mail.debug (need to increase a debug level for example).

Carl

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logger

LOGGER(1)						      General Commands Manual							 LOGGER(1)

NAME

       logger - make entries in the system log

SYNOPSIS

       logger [ -t tag ] [ -p pri ] [ -i ] [ -f file ] [ message ...  ]

ARGUMENTS

       -t tag	   Mark every line in the log with the specified tag.

       -p pri	   Enter the message with the specified priority.  The priority may be specified numerically or as a ``facility.level'' pair.  For
		   example, ``-p local3.info'' logs the message(s) as informational level in the local3 facility.  The default is ``user.notice.''

       -i	   Log the process id of the logger process with each line.

       -f file	   Log the specified file.

       message	   The message to log; if not specified, the -f file or standard input is logged.

DESCRIPTION

       Logger provides a program interface to the syslog(3) system log module.

       A message can be given on the command line, which is logged immediately, or a file is read and each line is logged.

EXAMPLES

       logger System rebooted

       logger -p local0.notice -t HOSTIDM -f /dev/idmc

SEE ALSO

       syslog(3), syslogd(8)

4.3 Berkeley Distribution					September 17, 1985							 LOGGER(1)