> >si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/boot 2>&1 | logger -s -p user.info -t /etc/init.d/boot > >Dale Scheetz: > Well, the above line works, sort of. The messages that appear on the console > from the boot script are now annotated with the tag stuff from logger but > they still aren't showing up in the messages log file (or anywhere else that > I can find). I don't fully understand the priority parameter, so I suspect > that if it were different (correct) that these messages would appear in the > log. > >Oh... > >Take a look at your /etc/syslog.conf file -- pay special attention to >what you've got for /var/log/messages and /dev/console. Choose a >priority that works for both. > >-- >Raul
First the good news. The topic of this message has been solved! It was a hardware problem, but not one that is clear yet. What I do know is that as long as my Seagate 1 Gig drive is mounted (a Medalist 1080 IDE drive) I can crash the system with a find command. When I unmount this drive the find works and doesn't crash the system. It's not clear to me why this happens, but this particular drive has been a headache in other environments as well. However, with reguard to the above discussion, I still have had no success. What follows is a copy of my syslog.conf file. If I understand what I see there either user.info or user.debug (I've tried each) should send these messages to the /var/log/messages log file. This doesn't happen! # /etc/syslog.conf: syslogd(8) configuration file. # $Id: syslog.conf,v 3.3 1995/02/24 23:44:14 imurdock Exp $ # You have to use tabs here! auth.* /var/log/auth.log #cron.* /var/log/cron.log daemon.*;mail.* /var/log/daemon.log news.crit /var/log/news.crit news.err /var/log/news.err news.notice /var/log/news.notice local2.* /var/log/net.log user.* /var/log/messages *.=debug /var/log/debug *.=info;*.=notice;*=.warn;auth,cron,daemon,mail,news.none /var/log/messages *.emerg * # I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual # console I usually leave idle. #auth.*;daemon.*;mail.*;news.crit;news.err;news.notice;*.=debug;*.=info;*.=n otice;*.=warn;cron.n one /dev/tty1 # The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To use it, # you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option: # # $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...] auth.*;daemon.*;mail.*;news.crit;news.err;news.notice;*.=debug;*.=info;*.=no tice;*.=warn;cron.no ne |/dev/xconsole This seems to be my last problem (till the next one) Let me know if you think of anything. YHS, Dale
