message logging at bootup
Has anyone else had any luck getting /etc/init.d/boot to log its messages
into /var/log/messages?
As per suggestions from this group I have modified the line in inittab that
executes /etc/init.d/boot to look like:
si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/boot 2>&1 | logger -is -p user.info -t /etc/init.d/boot
I have tried several priority levels on user. but to no avail. I can tell
that logger is working to some extent because these messages on the console
are preceeded by the new tag
My syslog.conf file looks like:
# /etc/syslog.conf: syslogd(8) configuration file.
# $Id: syslog.conf,v 3.3 1995/02/24 23:44:14 imurdock Exp $
# You have to use tabs here!
auth.* /var/log/auth.log
#cron.* /var/log/cron.log
daemon.*;mail.* /var/log/daemon.log
news.crit /var/log/news.crit
news.err /var/log/news.err
news.notice /var/log/news.notice
local2.* /var/log/net.log
user.* /var/log/messages
*.=debug /var/log/debug
*.=info;*.=notice;*=.warn;auth,cron,daemon,mail,news.none /var/log/messages
*.emerg *
# I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
# console I usually leave idle.
#auth.*;daemon.*;mail.*;news.crit;news.err;news.notice;*.=debug;*.=info;*.=n
otice;*.=warn;cron.n
one /dev/tty1
# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility. To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
#
# $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
auth.*;daemon.*;mail.*;news.crit;news.err;news.notice;*.=debug;*.=info;*.=no
tice;*.=warn;cron.no
ne |/dev/xconsole
>From syslog.conf I would expect user.<anything> to end up in either messages
or debug. What am I doing wrong here? The only messages I get in messages
are from the kernel!
Almost any help would be greatfully accepted.
YHS, Dale
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