Re: syslogd daemon stops writing output.

From: Patrick B. O'Brien (pobrien@DOIT.NV.GOV)
Date: Wed Mar 12 2003 - 11:52:02 EST


Is your /etc/syslog.conf the same as on a system where syslog works all of the time?

How about doing an 'errpt -a', looking for a hit when syslog stops writing.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lane [mailto:JLane@TORONTOHYDRO.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:22 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: syslogd daemon stops writing output.

Hi, All

has anybody ever run into anything like this? I have one server on
which, for the past couple of months, the syslogd daemon just stops
writing output. the process still shows as being active via "lssrc -s
syslogd". I've verified it with /usr/bin/logger to try and force output
but still nothing. if I stop and start the daemon it resumes writing
output as expected. the server in question is AIX 4.3.3-10. it runs
Legato Networker (unfortunately) so the syslog output is kind of
important. I can't see what's different between this machine and several
others that don't have the problem. I'd appreciate any suggestion
anybody might have either as to a possible cause or a direction to
diagnose this. TIA

Jim Lane
Sr. Technical Consultant
Network Services
Toronto Hydro
office: (416)-542-2820
cell: (416)-896-8576



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