Subject: Re: YDL2.0 Error rotating logs...
From: Philippe L. Houze (plh@blackdiamondltd.com)
Date: Wed Jun 20 2001 - 14:40:02 MDT
Haaaaaa Thank you,
Those "..rotating logs" are gone.
Thanks again.
Mail?
Me=<stupido!>
I was entering "r" + message# (for read... I guess) instead of "t" and
everything was locked...
Thank you also for the virtual consoles reference, I had read about it...
and I guess forgot.
Thank you for making my day.
Philippe.
----- Original Message -----
From: Hollis <hollis-lists@austin.rr.com>
To: <yellowdog-devel@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: YDL2.0 Error rotating logs...
> On Wednesday 20 June 2001 07:26, you wrote:
> >
> > As anyone since these messages?
>
> The messages you refer to are:
> errors occured while rotating /var/log/xferlog {
>
> stat of /var/log/xferlog failed: No such file or directory
>
> The fix is this: edit /etc/logrotate.d/proftpd and add the line
'missingok'.
>
> /var/log/xferlog {
> postrotate
> /usr/bin/killall -HUP in.proftpd
> endscript
> missingok
> }
>
> This has just been fixed in CVS.
>
> > When I tried to read them, after entering mail, I got locked into the
mail
> > program... and the only way out is... a reboot. So I stop trying to read
> > them and only read the header...
>
> I don't know what your problem with 'mail' is (q quits), but you have 6
> virtual consoles (alt-F1 .. F6) which you can switch to and log in if you
> need to kill a process.
>
> You may want to consider using another mail program like 'pine' as well.
>
> -Hollis
>
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