Re: syslog.conf question

[Christopher Linn <celinn_(_at_)_mtu_(_dot_)_edu>]

sorry for taking so long to follow up.
thanks alot for this tip!

chris

On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 11:32:49AM -0400, Robert Bringman wrote:
> > 
> > you know, i tried this approach too.  here's what happens:  it all 
> > works fine until newsyslog goes and rotates the /var/log/ipflog file,
> > at which point ipmon loses the logfile and you get no more logging.
> > 
> 
> Easy to fix - 
> 
> in /etc/newsyslog.conf -
> 
> /var/log/ipflog           640  3    3000 *     Z /var/run/ipmon.pid
> 
> ( the last bit tells newsyslog to HUP the pid of ipmon instead of
> syslog )
> 
> 
> -- 
> Rob Bringman
> 
> ($do || !$do) && undef($try) ;  # Master of Perl, Yoda is.  Hmmmm?
> 

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Christopher Linn             <celinn_(_at_)_mtu_(_dot_)_edu>       Staff System Administrator
Center for Experimental Computation          Michigan Technological University
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