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From: ephraim%TECHUNIX.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Ephraim Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: syslog on sun{3,386i,4}
Keywords: SunOS
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Date: 16 Jul 89 07:35:55 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 74, message 2 of 18

In Volume 8, Issue 61, message 16 of 18, Adam Margulies writes:
>
> syslog seems to like to take over a system from time to time and eat 80%
> of the cpu time. It writes nothing to /usr/adm/messages so I can't tell if
> it is doing it for good REASON or anything.  syslog just hates me.
>
> how can i free myself from it, other than turning it off all together?

If you are running SunOS 4.0.1, you must put the line

define(LOGHOST,1)

in your server's /etc/syslog.conf file.  Remember to remove this line when
you upgrade to SunOS 4.0.3.

Ephraim Silverberg
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