Re: problems with syslog

[Phil Pennock <pdp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2001-07-09 at 08:21 +0200, Piotr Swiecicki wrote:
> I don't think the problem is caused by syslogd. I have an entry
> daemon.*      /var/log/daemon.log
> *.*           /var/log/all
> and in ircd sources in file config.h the facility is defined
> #define LOG_FACILITY LOG_DAEMON
> 
> So ircd logs should be written to both files: /var/log/daemon.log and
> /var/log/all I suppose.

No.  Whilst some implementations might support it, typically * is not
valid for a level, only a facility.

Try daemon.info and *.info instead (or .debug if you really want
everything) and HUP syslogd.
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