Sorry Peter, what do '2' or '5' stand for? And what does creating a file with '5' mean?
This was my procedure: # cat "" > c2851.log # chown root:wheel c2851.log # chmod 644 c2851.log On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Peter Hessler <phess...@theapt.org> wrote: > On 2017 May 05 (Fri) at 15:38:36 +0200 (+0200), Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > :As written, mtime was due by me recreating the file trying to make things > :work, not by syslog. > :As of today, in fact, mtime is still unchanged, while output to > :/var/log/messages still flowing from router. > : > : > :On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Allan Streib <astr...@indiana.edu> wrote: > : > :> > :> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 1 May 4 15:43 /var/log/c2821.log > :> ^ > ^ this is a > '2' > > :> [...] > :> > :> > local1.debug /var/log/c2851.log > ^ this is a > '5' > :> > > You need to create the file with 5, then HUP/restart syslogd > > -- > Hardware, n.: > The parts of a computer system that can be kicked. >
