Ok Alan, tell me how you like this answer. syslogd-listfiles has a -f
option. With you you can pass it a BOGUS syslogd.conf file. Here is
one I doctored for show purposes.
Run syslogd-listfiles -f test.conf and you will see how it works. (Also
see the --weekly).
Now if you like this setup, edit cron.{daily,weekly}/sysklogd and add
the -f <file> to each call to syslogd-listfiles.*.*;ppp -/var/log/ppp.log
*.*;mail -/var/mail/mail.log
auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log
#*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
#cron.* /var/log/cron.log
daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log
mail.* /var/log/mail.log
user.* -/var/log/user.log
#
# Logging for the mail system. Split it up so that
# it is easy to write scripts to parse these files.
#
mail.info -/var/log/mail.info
mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn
mail.err /var/log/mail.err
# Logging for INN news system
#
#news.crit /var/log/news/news.crit
#news.err /var/log/news/news.err
#news.notice -/var/log/news/news.notice
#
# Some `catch-all' logfiles.
#
*.=debug;\
auth,authpriv.none;\
news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug
*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
auth,authpriv.none;\
cron,daemon.none;\
mail.none -/var/log/messages
#
# Emergencies are sent to everybody logged in.
#
*.emerg *
#
# I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
# console I usually leave idle.
#
daemon,mail.*;\
*.=debug;*.=info;\
*.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty5
# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
#
# $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
#
# NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably
# busy site..
#
daemon.*,mail.*;\
*.=debug;*.=info;\
*.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
