On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote: > > > The first problem is that syslogd is keeping the load on my machine at > > > 1.0 even if nothin else is happenning with the system. At the same time > > > I get huge numbers of 'The last message repeated 123456 times' appearing > > > in /var/log/messages' Is there a way to get syslogd to work correctly? > > This happens when one of the directories listed in /etc/syslog.conf > > doesn't exist. /var/log/news is usually the culprit. > > Workarounds are fine, but would someone _please_ report this as a bug so > it can get fixed permanently?
Are you allergic to bug reports? Actually, it probably isn't safe for a script to remove these lines, as they might break something else which references them. Syslogd.conf is a fantastic traffic cop, but it can't do its job unless the right entries remain in the file. --Pete _______________________________________________________________ Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.
