Out of da blue Zhihui Zhang aka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>
> On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Brian Mitchell (ISSATL) wrote:
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> > syslog() with the proper facility is probably the best way to do this.
> > Another possibility is opening /dev/console, but I think that will aquire
> > a controlling terminal.
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me how to let a daemon process print a message to the
> > > console? Adding printf() does not work (I wonder if a daemon process
> > > has been cut of relationship with stdout). Thanks for any help.
> > >
>
> I have tested syslog(). I find out: (1) The log messages will go into
> /var/log/messages and appear on the console only after I login in (as
> root). (2) The LOG_INFO priority does not cause the messages to appear on
> the console or to be written into file /var/log/messages.
>
> Can anyone explain the reason for me? Thanks a lot.
Did you add an entry in /etc/syslog.conf for your daemon?
If not check the man page for syslog.conf(5) for details ...
>
> -Zhihui
>
>
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