Re: syslog.conf: *.debug

From: Andy Farkas <andyf_at_speednet.com.au>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 02:01:16 +1000 (EST)
On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Craig Reyenga wrote:
> From: "Andy Farkas" <andyf_at_speednet.com.au>
> >
> > /etc/syslog.conf recently had `*.debug /var/log/debug/log' added.
> >
> > syslogd seems to be sending *.* to this file. Anyone else see this?
> >
>
> That's because debug is the lowest level of logging, so in effect, you _are_
> logging *.*; syslog logs debug and up, in all facilities, to the file you
> specified.
>
> -Craig
>

Yes. So maybe it should be changed to "*.=debug"

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        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
 http://www.speednet.com.au/
Received on Tue Apr 22 2003 - 07:01:24 UTC

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