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From: Tom Parsons <cis@tegan.com>
Subject: Re: Syslog.conf issue with SUDO
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:33:46 GMT References: <pan.2002.11.26.18.02.40.115571.10572@nospam.starcalif.com> <pan.2002.11.26.18.54.52.900987.10572@nospam.diggity.com>

jdavis enscribed:
| Hmm..ok..here's another update...
| I tried this:
| #
| *.debug,local2.none           /var/adm/syslog
| local2.debug                  /var/adm/sudo.log
| 
| This still does not work...and yes I am making the syslog daemon re-read
| the syslog.conf file by kill -HUP
| 
|  
| On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:02:40 -0800, jdavis wrote:
| 
| > Hi Folks,
| > 
| > I am having an issue with SUDO and have traced it down to my syslog.conf
| > file. It basically looks like this
| > 
| > #
| > *.debug          /var/adm/syslog
| > 
| > <snip>
| > 
| > Now, to have my sudo files go to a different log I need to send all of
| > my local2.debugs to the sudo.log file. I inherited this project so when
| > I looked in the syslog.conf for the development machine it looked like
| > this #
| > *.debug          /var/adm/syslog
| > local2.debug     /var/adm/sudo.log
| > 
| > <snip>
| > 
| > If I understand correctly, this is not going to work and in fact
| > doesn't. What I need to know is either what are all of the *.debug
| > entries for syslog.conf, so I can go through one by one and list them
| > and the have local2.debug go to /var/adm/sudo.log or does anyone have a
| > solution that I am missing. Thanks in advance and please just post to
| > the board.

You forgot the very first step when asking for help.  >>Always<< include
the product and release number.  It can be quite important.  If 5.0.6,
you can use spaces in the syslog.conf entries, if 5.0.5 (and possibly
earlier, the separator must be TABs
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