doelz@urz.unibas.ch (07/31/90)
In article <65577@sgi.sgi.com>, arc@thyme.wpd.sgi.com (Andrew Cherenson) writes: > In article <1990Jul29.200517.845@urz.unibas.ch> doelz@urz.unibas.ch writes: >> > The syntax for /etc/syslog.conf is tricky: a tab must separate > the facilities list (*.debug, et al.) from the output filename. > Also, *.debug selects debug level and above, hence don't include the > "*.emerg; *.warning; *.err; *.notice; *.info" fields. Thanks for the pointer. I did as requested. >> and reports a README file in the ~/ftp directory without being asked for... > > The ftpd(1M) man page does mention that README will be printed if it exists > in an anonymous or restricted account's directory. Sorry, I overlooked this item. It's really there. >>Is there any further help I might have missed than in man pages >>of ftp, syslog, inetd, or elsewhere ? > > After changing /usr/etc/inetd.conf, did you send the SIGHUP signal to inetd > to tell it to reread inetd.conf? Do "killall 1 inetd" as root. > The same applies to syslogd when changing /etc/syslog.conf. Thanks, I did that, but still - nothing happens. Is there a way to control the action of ftpd in a way that ftpd starts a small program which does syslog(3B) calls manually? I imagine one could do that by changing the info in inetd.conf by stating that another program should start before ftpd, but I hesitate doing so without knowing that it's worth the effort. Regards Reinhard PS: Thanks for the prompt reply! I really appreciate to get responses from SGI this way.