[comp.sys.sun] syslogd not logging for 4.0.3

jeff@wubios.wustl.edu (Jeff Gabel) (07/29/89)

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... *-[:-(

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jipping@cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping) (08/16/89)

> 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!

      Mike Jipping                        Internet: jipping@cs.hope.edu
      Hope College                          BITNET: JIPPING@HOPE
      Department of Computer Science         Voice: Hey!

corbet@stout.ucar.edu (Jonathan Corbet) (08/17/89)

>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... *-[:-(

I had this same problem, and I finally got an answer out of Sun for it.
The trick is to remove the line:

	define (LOGHOST, 1)

from /etc/syslogd.conf -- yes, the same one you had to put in for 4.0 to
solve the infinite loop problem.  I don't think this is in the release
notes -- I didn't see it.

-- 
Jonathan Corbet
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility
corbet@stout.ucar.edu

pjg@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu (Paul Graham) (08/31/89)

My experience has been that the define line doesn't matter but having an
entry for loghost does (this was pointed out on sun-managers).

I still don't get incoming mail logged on my Sun-3 but everything is fine
on the Sun-4's.

Paul