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From: jipping@cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: syslogd not logging for 4.0.3
Keywords: SunOS
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Date: 16 Aug 89 16:59:55 GMT
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> We upgraded to SunOS 4.0.3 14 July 89 and since that time syslogd has not
> logged a single message. I called Sun several times on this and they have
> yet to respond. Has anyone experienced a similar problem after a 4.0.3
> upgrade. Somewhat perplexed... *-[:-(

We had the same problem...as did others I know.  Comment out the 
     define(LOGHOST,1) 
line that you (probably) added to "/etc/syslog.conf" when you installed
4.0.  The 4.0 installation of syslog didn't work without that define, the
4.0.3 version won't work with it.

Believe me.  It works!

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