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Re: cron - stop console logging



On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 08:25:37AM -0700, Matt Miller wrote:
> >>Every couple minutes I get something like:
> >>
> >>cron(pam_unix)[15457]: session opened for user mail (uid=0)
> 
> >Somehow syslog is not running.
> 
> 'ps -A' shows that klogd is running, but no syslogd.  When I try to
> install the inetutils-syslog package I get conflicts with sysklogd,
> which dselect is saying is installed.  'ps -A' does not show
> sysklogd at all.  'locate sysklogd' shows an /etc/init.d script,
> and that script refers to /sbin/syslogd, but that file does not
> exist.

Hmmm, maybe someone or something is playing nasty games with your fs.
Raise your awareness.

> So, maybe /sbin/syslogd was somehow disappeared?  Can I reinstall
> this package without removing it (along with packages dependent on
> it) and installing it again from scratch?

AFAIK, ``apt-get install --reinstall sysklogd'' should do.

HTH,
Jan.

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Jan Minar                   "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9

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