Re: leafnode creating multi-megabyte log files )-:

Robert Grimm wrote, on 19/05/11 18:28:
> --- /etc/rsyslog.conf.orig	2011-05-19 10:19:51.808359097 +0200
> +++ /etc/rsyslog.conf	2011-05-19 10:21:43.400348458 +0200
> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
>   ###############
>   #### RULES ####
>   ###############
> +#Discard messages from the news system with priority info.
> +news.=info	~
>
>   #
>   # First some standard log files.  Log by facility.
> #v-

It turned out that I had sysklogd rather than rsyslog installed.

I've replaced sysklogd with rsyslog and applied the above patch and 
restarted rsyslog.

Thanks for your help.

Arthur.