Re: freebsd log files

2006-03-31 Thread Benjamin Sobotta 
On Friday 31 March 2006 08:25, Logan McNaughton wrote:
 What log file stors things like system shutdown notices and that, I want to
 run root-tail in my icewm background, and Im looking for the right log file
 to show, i tried /var/log/messages, but it doesnt show shutdown notices,
 can anyone help me out? thanks
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Hey!

check out /etc/syslog.conf. You can specifiy what you want to log where. For 
example you could choose a console instead of a file.

cheers,

Ben
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Re: freebsd log files

2006-03-30 Thread Olivier Nicole 
 What log file stors things like system shutdown notices and that, I want to

It may depend on your setting, in my /var/log/messages I see things like:

Mar 23 11:07:00 machine reboot: rebooted by root

Olivier

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