On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 09:26 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > John Cornelius wrote: > > > >> I suppose that adding: > >> > >> bpalogin.* /var/log/bpalogin/messages > >> > >> to /etc/syslog.conf would be too easy but it might do it for you. It > >> should go before the omnibus line that sends *.info to /var/log/messages. > >> > >> > > I don't believe this will work with syslogd. It may work with some > > of the newer replacements. You may want to read the syslog.conf man > > page to see the formats that it accepts. > > > > Mikkel > > > I find that I don't have a 'syslog.conf' in /etc/ and no man syslog,conf. Ah! F8 uses rsyslogd instead of ye ol' syslogd. The config file is /etc/rsyslog.conf. Your fix is easier with rsyslogd. Add a line like: :bpalogin, contains, "bpalogin" /path/to/desired/log/file Then "service rsyslogd restart". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - When in doubt, mumble. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
