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

[Doug McLaren]

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.