UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Please post the contents of:
/etc/syslog.conf
And the output from these enquiry commands:
echo "$SHELL"
type logger
echo "$PS1"
echo "$PS2"
echo "$PS3"
alias|grep "logger"
grep "logger" .profile
grep "logger" /etc/profile

Are you logged in on the console?

/etc/syslog.conf
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# Copyright (c) 1991-1998 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.                             
# All rights reserved.                                                          
#                                                                               
# syslog configuration file.                                                    
#                                                                               
# This file is processed by m4 so be careful to quote (`') names                
# that match m4 reserved words.  Also, within ifdef's, arguments                
# containing commas must be quoted.                                             
#                                                                               
*.err;kern.notice;auth.notice                   /dev/sysmsg                     
*.err;kern.debug;daemon.notice;mail.crit        /var/adm/messages               
                                                                                
*.alert;kern.err;daemon.err                     operator                        
*.alert                                         root                            
                                                                                
*.emerg                                         *                               
                                                                                
# if a non-loghost machine chooses to have authentication messages              
# sent to the loghost machine, un-comment out the following line:               
#auth.notice                    ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/authlog, @loghost)    
                                                                                                                              
                              
mail.debug                      ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/syslog, @loghost)     
#                                                                               
# non-loghost machines will use the following lines to cause "user"             
# log messages to be logged locally.                                            
#                                                                               
ifdef(`LOGHOST', ,                                                              
user.err                                        /dev/sysmsg                     
user.err                                        /var/adm/messages               
user.alert                                      `root, operator'                
user.emerg                                      *                               
)                                                                               
                                                                                
local1.notice           @unixsyslog.XXXXX.XX.com    
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1) echo "$SHELL"
/bin/ksh 
2) type logger
logger is /export/home/nutil/logger
3) echo "$PS1"
"Not Set"
3) echo "$PS2"
>               
5)echo "$PS3"
#?         
6) alias|grep "logger"   
trap='logger -p local1.notice -t "`uname -n` ${LOGNAME} ${USER} ${SHELL##*/} ${P
PID} $PWD TRAP EXECUTED" -- `fc -ln -0`; trap'                                  
7) grep "logger" /etc/profile     
        logger -p local1.notice -t "`uname -n` ${LOGNAME} ${USER} ${SHELL} ${PPI
D} $PWD" -- : SH LOGIN `who am i | awk '{print $NF}'` `grep "^${LOGNAME}" /etc/p
asswd | awk -F: '{print $5}'`                                                   
          logger -p local1.notice -t "`uname -n` ${LOGNAME} ${USER} ${SHELL} ${P
PID} $PWD" -- : SH LOGIN SHELL NOT SUPPORTED `who am i | awk '{print $NF}'` `gre
p "^${LOGNAME}" /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $5}'`                             
        logger -p local1.notice -t "`uname -n` ${LOGNAME} ${USER} ${SHELL##*/} $
{PPID} $PWD" -- : KSH LOGIN `who am i | awk '{print $NF}'` `grep "^${LOGNAME}" /
etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $5}'`                                              
        logger -p local1.notice -t "`uname -n` ${LOGNAME} ${USER} ${SHELL##*/} $
{PPID} $PWD" -- : BASH LOGIN `who am i | awk '{print $NF}'` `grep "^${LOGNAME}" 
/etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $5}'`                                             
      logger -p local1.notice -t "`uname -n` ${LOGNAME} ${USER} ${SHELL} ${PPID}
 $PWD" -- : THIS LOGIN SHELL NOT SUPPORTED `who am i | awk '{print $NF}'` `grep 
"^${LOGNAME}" /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $5}'`