Out of da blue Zhihui Zhang aka ([email protected]) said: > > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Brian Mitchell (ISSATL) wrote: > > > syslog() with the proper facility is probably the best way to do this. > > Another possibility is opening /dev/console, but I think that will aquire > > a controlling terminal. > > > > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me how to let a daemon process print a message to the > > > console? Adding printf() does not work (I wonder if a daemon process > > > has been cut of relationship with stdout). Thanks for any help. > > > > > I have tested syslog(). I find out: (1) The log messages will go into > /var/log/messages and appear on the console only after I login in (as > root). (2) The LOG_INFO priority does not cause the messages to appear on > the console or to be written into file /var/log/messages. > > Can anyone explain the reason for me? Thanks a lot. Did you add an entry in /etc/syslog.conf for your daemon? If not check the man page for syslog.conf(5) for details ...
> > -Zhihui > > #:^) -- So ya want ta here da roots? Dem that feels it knows it ... bush doctor <[email protected]> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
