When I run the logger -p local0.info `date` command, I get nothing - just returns to the # prompt.
For syslog.conf, I do think I used spaces to separate the selector/action columns, so I made the change to tab. The line looks like this: *.info /tmp I have issued the svcadm refresh system-log command (we're running Solaris 10). Would there be anything in the log file if I ran pca.pl again after this, even though there are no patches that need to be installed (since I already installed them earlier)? If so, then I'm still missing something because I tried and I still did not get a local0.info file. Jamen McGranahan Systems Services Librarian Vanderbilt University -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Paul Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:15 AM To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion Subject: Re: [pca] PCA Forum Link - And question about PCA McGranahan, Jamen wrote: > Well, I made the suggested change to syslog.conf to record *.info files, > but when I ran pca.pl today and installed 3 patches, I did not get a > local0.info file as I had expected. Any ideas and/or other suggestions? Configuring syslogd can be tricky. Try this command to test you setup: logger -p local0.info `date` Check what you have put into /etc/syslog.conf - make sure you've used a TAB and not spaces to separate the selector and action columns. You can show us your change to syslog.conf, too. After modifying syslog.conf, you must tell syslogd to re-read the file. Use "pkill -HUP syslogd" under Solaris <=9, or "svcadm refresh system-log" on Solaris 10. In the future, I will probably change the default facility/level used in pca to something that gets logged by default on a vanilla Solaris system (and make syslog logging on by default, too). Martin.
