strange syslogd messages

[Ralf Bosz_2]

Hello,

When loading syslogd with the -d option I get very strange warnings. It seems that naming a log file .log confuses syslogd, because nameling it log (without the dot) it gives no errors:

syslogd -d
flags = 0200000
flags = 0200000
off & running....
init
cfline(mail.debug /var/adm/syslog/maillog)
cfline(kern.info /var/adm/syslog/kern.log)
syslogd: unknown priority name "log": Not a typewriter
logmsg: pri 53, flags 8, from mrs002, msg syslogd: unknown priority name "log":
Not a typewriter
cfline(auth.info /var/adm/syslog/auth.log)
syslogd: unknown priority name "log"

If got the latest syslogd patch (PHCO_21022) installed (HP-UX 10.20) and get the same error on 11.00.

With kind regards,
Ralf The.Bosz

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

try checking your syslog.conf file.
It should have tabs and NOT spaces. This could be the cause.

[Carlos Fernandez Riera]

I guess a it is a missconfiguration of /etc/syslog.conf.

[Ralf Bosz_2]

It were spaces indeed. In one of the lines my collegue added. He will be punished accordingly ;)

The messages were only shown on console so never noticed them before...