Paul, This can be 2 things: Either you have multiple syslog logrotate config files under /etc/logrotate.d/, in which case you delete one. Or you have more than one sylog logrotate config in the same syslog file under /etc/logrotate.d/, in which case you edit the syslog file such that it contains only one. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 06:41 AM 08/13/2001 -0400, Paul wrote: >Hi everyone, > >Since a few days I get this message from Cron: > > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 04:02:52 -0400 (EDT) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cron <root@tbird> run-parts /etc/cron.daily > > > error: syslog:181 duplicate log entry for /var/log/syslog > >I've looked in the syslog file, and at times I encounter a line like this: > > Aug 5 08:43:44 tbird last message repeated 10 times > >Is this what the cron daemon is complaining about? Anyone know where this >comes from? And how to fix it? I don't feel it is system threatening, but it >is a bit annoying. >Paul > >-- >The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough >leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. >-George Bernard Shaw > >http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 > Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.5.2 > ** http://www.care2.com - when you care ** >
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