SUMMARY: daemon.log messages in dxconsole after stop/start syslogd

From: Randy Rodgers <rrodgers_at_ci.ft-wayne.in.us>
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:45:10 -0500

Original question:

> I have a script that runs once a week that does the following:
>
> /sbin/init.d/syslog stop
> mv /var/adm/binary.errlog /usr/local/logs/binerrlogs/binary.errlog.yymmdd
> cp /dev/null /var/adm/binary.errlog
> /sbin/init.d/syslog start
>
> Since upgrading to V4.0b, when ever this runs the messages that would
> normally go into /var/adm/syslog.dated/?/daemon.log are displayed on the
> dxconsole instead. If I reboot things go back to normal.
>
> Can anyone explain why this is happening & how to get it corrected?
>

I only got one response suggesting that maybe the /etc/syslog.conf file had
changed. This was not the case. I am going to do further investigation of
the problem.

Randy Rodgers
Senior Systems Programmer
Allen County Information Systems
RM B16 - City/County Building
One Main Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(219) 427-5727
rrodgers_at_ci.ft-wayne.in.us
Received on Tue May 19 1998 - 22:46:11 NZST

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