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Re: [wnpp?] run, http://www.obsidian.co.za/run/



On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 12:16:06PM +0000, Marc Haber wrote:
>> Yes, but there are programs that are not to be kept running during the
>> whole system run, but rather for a period of time. For example, having
>> a copy of less +F /var/log/syslog/syslog on a console is generally a
>
>It is much easier to do that by modifying syslog.conf. I always put
>
>*.*	/dev/tty8
>
>in mine.
>
>I know that wasn't your point, but just FYI.

I do that on machines I setup for clients.  That way I can get someone to
read the logs to me without having to login.
One problem I once had is that someone pressed ^S which locked output to the
console, which blocked the syslogd process, then daemons which tried logging
things stopped...

I haven't checked whether this bug still exists...

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