Re automatic time-stamping and logging, isn't there a "logger" command in
Linux?
I don't have a Linux box near me here at work. On our Sun boxes though, I
use the logger command to log important one-liners into /var/adm/messages .
I also have an "adminlogfile" and a smallish script "vial" (Vi AdminLog)
command to add time-stamps and my notes to the file.
Marnix A. van Ammers (soon-to-be-owner of an inspiron 7000)
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> Hello all:
>
> Now there was an intelligent title. *Smirk* Ok....system config:
>
> Inspiron 3000
> 4 gig HD
> 266(think mmx, not sure)
> 80 Meg ram
> RedHat 5.0 (No I HAVN"T upgraded yet..:)
> PCMCIA Card Services...3.0.0? Something like that.
>
> Ok here is the problem. I was in linux about a month ago then the
> keyboard
> broke on this thing. Dell had me ship the entire system back less the
> memory, harddrive, pcmcia cards, etc.. They fixed the thing. Now
> however,
> i try to get into linux and it hangs on bootup when trying to load in the
> PCMCIA modules. I've re-compiled PCMCIA and re-installed the modules over
>
> the top of the old ones, still no luck. I can boot in with no problem if
> I
> remove PCMCIA services in the startup, however that takes me off the
> network. Any initial thoughts on this one? It was working, went back to
>
> Dell for fixing, and came back "broken" nothing on the HD has changed.
> Also, I checked the BIOS and it is still set with all my previous
> settings...WinDOZ had no problems and didn't detect anything new (I don't
> think) when it started up with no problems. Any initial ideas on this
> one?
>
> Also, semi-servey: If there was a utility out there for an administrator
> to make notes to a file (I'm thinking for making system configuration
> change notes) would that be useful? Would you all use it? What should go
>
> into it (functionality)?
> I've tried myself to keep a system configuration change log, however it it
>
> a pain in the ass to continualy have to go to and edit the file each time
> I
> make a system change. My idea is a short utility that would work
> something
> like this:
>
> sysconflog Recompiled kernel added support for Power Management.
>
> And it would date/time/user stamp a change log and append that statement
> to
> the end of the change log. Does this sound useful? Am I missing
> something? Anything else it should do? Suggestions are welcom as I am
> looking to write a small utility for this.
>
> Douglas Wagner
>
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> p.s. If you don't want to post suggestions on the last question to the
> list, send to me at above address...thanks..:)
>
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