Frank Ling <frankling77@xxxxxxxxx>> *.info;*.!warn;authpriv.none;cron.nome;mail.none; -/var/log/messages I guess you alread tried to restart syslog. >From the manpage:"You may prefix each entry with the minus ‘‘-’’ sign to omit syncing the file after every logging. . . ." Maybe try to remove the '-' and restart syslog... JD _______________________________________________CentOS mailing listCentOS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos