Logging Stops after few minutes

[Dixit, Viraj]

Sorry! Didn't mean to be snappy, I thank you for your level head. Basically, this is what is happening the syslog.conf file has the line for all.log to be activated in the directory I chose, which is /usr/log. I know for certain that if I stop and restart the syslogd daemon, it will start writing to all.log and then after few minutes, it will stop and that is it. I have my FTPD daemon setup to record all FTP activity but that is not happening. Please tell me running FTPD as daemon is not the cause or should I run FTP as a service. I have a lot of load due to FTP. Thanks for your help!!!
VJ 

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	James Riendeau [mailto:jtriende at wisc.edu] 
Sent:	Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:19 AM
To:	Dixit, Viraj; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject:	Re: Logging Stops after few minutes

Whoa now.  No need for us all to get snappy.  Bottom line, what you posted
isn't much help, and without knowing anything about your system/setup, it's
very difficult to offer solutions.

First things first, are you sure that syslogd stops working after only 2
minutes?  Syslogd only chews on the processor when it has something to do.
Showing up as only running for 2 minutes when you run ps shouldn't be a
concern; that is the total CPU time and syslogd doesn't need much time to
get the job done on most systems.

If you're certain that it isn't logging events that it should:  did you make
ever make any modifications to /etc/syslog.conf?  If so, comment out (put a
# at the start of the line) the lines with the most recent changes.  Restart
syslogd.  If it works, uncomment out one line and restart syslogd.  Keep
doing that until you narrow down what causes syslog to suspend operations.
Let us know if you find out anything.


James Riendeau
MMI Computer Support Technician
1300 University Ave
Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro
Madison, WI  53706

Phone: (608) 262-3351
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On 6/29/05 12:55 PM, "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit at CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote:

> Well, I will disregard your harsh comments. What I am trying to do is have all
> my FTP activity be logged in all.log. If you look at my FTP command it should
> be logging whole lot of information and my syslogd command should allow
> syslogd to continue writing without any delay. As for cron command, that just
> got copied with the rest. If you think what I pasted is meaningless, your
> common sense should have given you an indication to what I am looking for,
> just read the heading. Thank You!!
> VJ
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:     fbsd_user [mailto:fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com]
> Sent:    Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:36 AM
> To:    Dixit, Viraj; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject:    RE: Logging Stops after few minutes
> 
> That's all very nice, but how about a explanation of
> what your are trying to do with logging and what
> cron has to do with things.
> 
> With no background info what you posted is meaningless.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dixit,
> Viraj
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:53 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Logging Stops after few minutes
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have been trying to find out why my system stops recording in the
> log files after few minutes. It will log if restart my syslogd
> daemon but then stops recording. I am pasting the commands and all
> relevant information below. Please advise, I need the log
> information!!! Thanks,
> VJ
> 
> 8127  ??  Ss     0:02.23 /usr/sbin/syslogd -m 0
> 
> 24667  ??  Is     0:13.76 /usr/sbin/cron
> 61326  ??  Is     0:13.26 /usr/libexec/ftpd -D -l -l
> 
> gatekeeper# cd /usr/log
> gatekeeper# ls -l
> total 0
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Jun 17 12:37 all.log
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Jun 15 11:43 messages
> 
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