On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 04:53:22PM -0800, Justin Black wrote: > I am not new to Linux... though I think this question is fairly > newbie-esque. =) > > I have set-up syslogd to receive messages from remote hosts to > centralize my logs on one server. Mainly for routers and switches at > this point. > > I am running Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) > Kernel 2.6.9-1.667smp > > I have setup my switches to send the logs to the proper host and have > set the facility to local6. > > In syslog.conf I setup local6.* to write to the file > /usr/local/logs/core-switches. OOHH NOOO ... syslogd cannot write to > this file. When I change the target file to /var/log/core-switch it > works fine. > > WHY? > > If someone can explain to me why... I would greatly appreciate it. >
I would start by checking directory permissions. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
