RE: logging information (was: Redhat's Errata Alert and update system)

"Ian Douglas" <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:59:37 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.guinness
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> I have checked the log files, but there is never any indication of
> why it rebooted

Does it reboot at the same time every day? Maybe something in 'cron' is causing
it.

Is this a busy machine? If your 'messages' file isn't huge (ie more than a few
MB) send it to [email protected] and I'll see if I can track anything down for
you.

> is there someway to setup advanced debugging
> info to be sent to the logs?

Yeah, /etc/syslog.conf

Use "man syslog.conf" for more help on what you can put in there.

Ian