I've already looked at the man pages too... I've looked at the site mentioned on it and still nothing. Am I missing something? They talk about the 'policy.h' file. I haven't found this file. I installed from binaries and I'm running mgetty-1.1.28-3.
Thank you Rafael J.Rafael.S�nchez Itres Research Limited www.itres.com P.403.250.9944 F.403.250.9916 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:23 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) what causes log files to be created with long strings of numbers? > This was pulled from the mgetty man file: > > /var/log/mgetty.log.ttyxx > Debug log file, see below. > > > > > DIAGNOSTICS > If mgetty doesn't work the way it should, the main source of diagnostic > data is the log file. It can be found in "/var/log/mgetty.log.ttyxx" > (for the mgetty process handling "ttyxx"). If it doesn't contain > enough details, enhance the log level with the '-x' option to mgetty, > e.g. "-x 5". > > Many of the common problems and solutions are discussed in the mgetty > manual and the FAQ. Please see the WWW page at http://alpha.gree- > nie.net/mgetty/ for both. > > > Quoting "J. Rafael S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I have a log file, namely mgetty.log.xxx, that's getting out of hand. I've > > been googling, trying to find the answer to this issue, but nothing yet. I've > > been applying a band-aid solution by running a cron that 'ls' and grep for > > certain strings from /var/log/ and adding a script that deletes those files > > every so often. > > > > I would like to understand what is causing it though. I've checked > > syslog.conf and nothing is obvious there. I've also looked at > > /etc/mgetty+sendfax folder for signs but nothing. > > > > Any thoughts will be appreciated. > > > > Thank you greatly. > > > > Rafael. > > > > > > J.Rafael.S�nchez > > Itres Research Limited > > www.itres.com > > P.403.250.9944 > > F.403.250.9916 > > > > > -- > Sending all process the TERM signal > Vs. > Windows is shutting down... > > Which one sounds smarter?
