Re: [pmfirewall] Firewall stops logging

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From: Adam Lussier (alussier@home.com)
Date: Mon Jun 19 2000 - 06:48:57 PDT

Howdy.

> I have been experiencing problems with firewall logging. Each time
> (every Sunday) the syslog file rotates, firewall stops logging. The
> only thing I that seems to help, is reboot. If I just restart pmfirewall,
> it doesn't help. If I just restart syslogd, it doesn't help either.
>
> What can I do to stop rebooting every Monday morning?

One thing that I do, usually everday, is clear the log file you have
pmfirewall writing to. ie, /var/etc/messages. Every morning I fire off a
'cat /dev/null > messages' after I check the log file.

I haven't had any logging problems with good house keeping.

Good luck!

-Adam

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