On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 16:39:20 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote > -----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 That is the confusing part, when I run it from a terminal I do not see any errors: [root@xxx images]# service syslog restart Shutting down kernel logger: [ OK ] Shutting down system logger: [ OK ] Starting system logger: [ OK ] Starting kernel logger: [ OK ] >From the logs: Mar 22 10:12:08 www syslog: klogd shutdown succeeded Mar 22 10:12:08 www syslog: syslogd startup succeeded Mar 22 10:12:08 www syslog: klogd startup succeeded Mar 22 10:12:08 www syslog: syslogd shutdown succeeded Mar 22 10:12:06 www kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Mar 22 10:12:06 www kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. Mar 22 10:12:08 www exiting on signal 15 Mar 22 10:12:08 www syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Mar 22 10:12:08 www kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. I only see it during reboot. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
