-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 08:19:48 -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > When rebooting a RH 8.0 system, I get the message > > > > > > syslogd unknown priority name "" > > > > > > during the boot process. > > > > > > I have looked at: > > > > > > /etc/logrotate.d/syslog > > > /etc/syslog.conf > > > /etc/log.d/conf/services/syslogd.conf > > > /etc/log.d/scripts/services/syslogd > > > > > > and do not see anything that would cause this error message. > > > > > > Can anyone give me any suggestions? > > > > Well, attach your /etc/syslog.conf. :) > > > > I think you have missed some detail when checking the file. It is an > > error message from syslogd. The message suggests a syntax error in > > your configuration. A priority level is missing where one is > > expected due to a period behind a facility. > > > > The other files you have listed (logrotate and logwatch) are > > unrelated. > > Here she be ... hope you can see what I am missing. Thank you. > > [root@xxx images]# cat /etc/syslog.conf - -snip- Can't see any mistake in there. But copying it into the mail could have altered the original encoding. One way for you to track it down would be to divide it into two halves and run "service syslog restart" as long as the error is still present. You should be able to find a bad half pretty fast. You would get the error for instance if you wrote mail. /var/log/maillog instead of mail.* /var/log/maillog - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+fIOo0iMVcrivHFQRAnKQAJ91ao7JrBM5rKjYqaybp2uU4VPRngCeJ6vb 3hs59WlT3lkeWDoAx+jVM4Y= =gMbq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
