Re: syslog.conf: *.debug

From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:25:43 +0300
On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 02:01:16AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
> 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"
> 
DES, please fix this.


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