FreeBSD 4.7 Syslogs

[Warren Block]

On Sun, 16 May 2004, JJB wrote:

> Thanks for the additional info.
>
> I tested using this  logger -p lpr.err  "test test"
> There is no error message about logger not working.
>
> And I get nothing in the /var/log/lpr-errs log file.

That would be /var/log/lpd-errs.

> This is so simple that the only conclusion is that it's broken in
> 4.x versions.

That's a pretty big conclusion from a small test.  Like the old "my
program doesn't work, so it must be a bug in the compiler" jump.  You
are just looking for results in the wrong place.  It's also possible
that you have syslog set to not log that type of error.

> Can any one verify that it's working in 4.x versions.

It works.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA