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It doesn log all the messages to /var/adm/syslog – why not?

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It doesn log all the messages to /var/adm/syslog – why not?

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First of all, the LOG_EMERG can not be used with user processes and should return -1 (if you check the return status). This is not documented in the man page! All the other messages should appear, but your /etc/syslog.conf file might not be configured correctly. To test it, replace the /etc/syslog.conf with the following line: *.debug /var/adm/syslog Then do: kill -HUP `cat /etc/syslog.pid` Then run the test program and then tail the /var/adm/syslog file and you should see all the messages, ie: Nov 23 09:02:54 orca syslogd: restart Nov 23 09:02:58 orca syslog: This is an alert message Nov 23 09:02:58 orca syslog: This is a critical message Nov 23 09:02:58 orca syslog: This is an error message Nov 23 09:02:58 orca syslog: This is a warning Nov 23 09:02:58 orca syslog: This is a notice Nov 23 09:02:58 orca syslog: This is an informal message Nov 23 09:02:58 orca syslog: This is a debug message —————————— Subject: 6.1.6 How can I get C programs to automatically generat