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From: durham@mpr.ca (Paul Durham)
Subject: HP-UX syslog problem
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.044842.7168@mprgate.mpr.ca>
Keywords: hp-ux /etc/syslog.conf syslogd
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Reply-To: durham@mprgate.mpr.ca (Paul Durham)
Organization: Microtel Pacific Research Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 91 04:48:42 GMT

I am getting a strange problem with syslog. When trying to log a local*.emerg
message, it gets skipped if the local# is even. The syslog.conf looks like
this:
  
#
# syslogd configuration file.
#
# See syslogd(1M) for information about the format of this file.
#
*.info		/usr/adm/syslog
#*.alert		/dev/console
*.info		/dev/console
*.alert		root
*.emerg		*
local0.debug	/usr/local0.log
local1.debug	/usr/local1.log
local2.debug	/usr/local2.log
local4.debug	/usr/local4.log
local7.debug	/usr/local7.log

For example, if I try to log something at level local2.emerg, it goes to
the syslog, console, root, and * but _not_ to /usr/local2.log (this is
confirmed by the syslogd -d trace). Any other level logs to /usr/local2.log.
No problem with local1,7.

If you have run into this, please let me in on the cure (if any).

Thanks, 

Paul

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