[Sunhelp] /etc/syslog.conf doesn't; Sol8

[Kevin Stevens]

Thanks, but I caught that one!  ;)  Actually, I was wondering how the 
default file gets away with multiple TABs, the man page specifies one.

Another oddity - from the default file, I'm not clear how mail.info messages 
were getting directed to /var/log/syslog in the first place - they aren't 
referenced there at all.

Try again!

KeS


>From: Doug McLaren <dougmc at frenzy.com>
>Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] /etc/syslog.conf doesn't; Sol8
>Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:51:00 -0500
>
>On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:27:58PM -0700, Kevin Stevens wrote:
>
>| I'm trying to change some of the logging via syslog.conf, but the default
>| entries still seem to be the only ones working.  I edit /etc/syslog.conf,
>| for example adding the following:
>|
>| news.info;news.notice;news.warning;news.err     /var/log/news
>| news.crit;news.alert;news.emerg                 /var/log/news
>
>Make sure that those spaces between the syslog type and the file to
>log to include at least one tab (instead of just spaces.)
>
>Why it requires tabs is a really good question, and so far I've never
>heard any good answer, but it does, and it seems to do so on all *nix
>variants.
>
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