Re: [squid-users] syslogd logging - more info

From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:34:44 +1000 (EST)

Hi,

On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Deb wrote:

> Now I'm really confused...
>
> I decided (belatedly) that I could actually *test* this
> without relying upon squid to use the local4 logging.
>
> So, I tried this:
>
> echo "Another test!\n" | logger -p local4.info
>
> which still did not produce anything in the logfile. But,
> I also did this:
>
> echo "Another test!\n" | logger -p local6.info
>
> And that worked! I don't know what to do next. The
> logfiles have the same permissions and ownerships,
> but it seems that local4.* isn't working for me. This
> is Solaris 5.7 Generic_106541-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250.
>
> It's as if the system has local4 turned "off."

What does "fuser /var/log/squidlog" show? It should show that syslogd has
it open. Try the same command of the file for local6. I'm clutching at
straws a bit here but does syslog.conf have spaces or tabs between the
"local4.info" and the "/var/log/squidlog"?

Colin
Received on Wed Mar 06 2002 - 16:35:29 MST

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