Apache – rotating log files This article relates my experiences with rotatelogs, a utility provided with Apache, and how you can use it to rotate www logs without having to restart Apache. But since I wrote this article, I’ve learned how to use newsyslog.conf to do the same thing. And I like using newsyslog better. …
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syslog.conf – putting stuff where you want it The default /etc/syslog.conf displays many messages directly on the console. That may not be what you want. Here’s how to change that. syslogd syslog is the function used by many programs to write a message to the system message logger (syslogd). The syslogd daemon reads and …
nologin – Refuse a login to a user, and make a note of it in syslog A short while ago, I installed mergemaster as part of my 3.1 upgrade. Today I started hunting around /usr/ports/sysutils, found nologin and decided to install it. As the long description of the port says, this is suitable for use …
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unknown priority name – /etc/syslog.conf and syslogd When I was making logging changes to IP Filter, I found a curious characeteristics of /etc/syslog.conf. This file needs tabs, not spaces. If you use spaces, you will encounter an error message similar to the following : unknown priority name "info /var/log/firewall.log" If you replace the spaces with …
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