TIP: ps -ax | grep (was Re: syslog daemon is dying)

1996-11-25 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Branden Robinson wrote: > ./etc/init.d/sysklogd restart; ps -ax | grep syslogd; ps -ax | grep klogd > quick tip (totally unrelated to the syslogd problem, but useful anyway): instead of the above line, use ./etc/init.d/sysklogd restart; ps -axc | grep syslogd\\\|klogd

Re: syslog daemon is dying

1996-11-21 Thread Todd Graham Lewis
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Branden Robinson wrote: > I have a similar problem (but I can eventually get syslogd and klogd to > both come up by "./etc/init.d/sysklogd restart" over and over again). I > did a test -e for every file mentioned in /etc/syslog.conf and got a 0 > status every time? > > Does

Re: syslog daemon is dying

1996-11-20 Thread Branden Robinson
> Look in /etc/syslog.conf, and make sure all of the log files mentioned in > that file, and their _directories_, actually exist. I hear stories of this > happening when removing some package, because the log file and its directory > disappears, and syslogd gets into a loop trying to open the log f

Re: syslog daemon is dying

1996-11-20 Thread Branden Robinson
> As of last Thursday I have been encountering problems with the syslog > daemon. I have posted to various newsgroups but have not received any answer > so far. > After booting the system, the syslog daemon seems to be dying. Whenever I > reboot the system the messages will state > starting /sbi

Re: syslog daemon is dying

1996-11-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Look in /etc/syslog.conf, and make sure all of the log files mentioned in that file, and their _directories_, actually exist. I hear stories of this happening when removing some package, because the log file and its directory disappears, and syslogd gets into a loop trying to open the log file.