Re: debug.log questions
On Nov 7, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 with sendmail that was included with FreeBSD. There is a debug.log that I have questions about. Is the debug.log just for mail troubleshooting? Can I turn it off or reduce the amount of logging? No such file exists by default under FreeBSD. Certainly you can turn it off. See /etc/syslog.conf, you want to comment out the line mentioning debug.log. And then kill and restart syslogd... -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debug.log questions
Charles Swiger wrote: On Nov 7, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 with sendmail that was included with FreeBSD. There is a debug.log that I have questions about. Is the debug.log just for mail troubleshooting? Can I turn it off or reduce the amount of logging? No such file exists by default under FreeBSD. Certainly you can turn it off. See /etc/syslog.conf, you want to comment out the line mentioning debug.log. And then kill and restart syslogd... ---Chuck I just checked two 5.4 servers running sendmail that came with FreeBSD they both have the /var/log/debug.log just there is no entires in the debug.log on the second server. However it just mails the FreeBSD daily reports to the other server. Can anyone else check there FreeBSD servers 5.4 running sendmail and have this debug.log? -rw--- 1 root wheel 0 May 8 2005 debug.log same date as I made the server excerpt from the syslog.conf *.=debug/var/log/debug.log your right there is an entry for the debug in the syslog.conf however Im pretty sure this file is default FreeBSD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debug.log questions
Sean Murphy wrote: Charles Swiger wrote: [ ... ] I just checked two 5.4 servers running sendmail that came with FreeBSD they both have the /var/log/debug.log just there is no entires in the debug.log on the second server. However it just mails the FreeBSD daily reports to the other server. Can anyone else check there FreeBSD servers 5.4 running sendmail and have this debug.log? -rw--- 1 root wheel 0 May 8 2005 debug.log same date as I made the server excerpt from the syslog.conf *.=debug/var/log/debug.log your right there is an entry for the debug in the syslog.conf however Im pretty sure this file is default FreeBSD It turns out that you are right for 5.4, although that change has since been backed out: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/syslog.conf ...in the most current version, if I'm following the branches correctly. In either event, it's fine to discard debug-priority logging, unless actually debugging something. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
