Hello James,
On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 10:30 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:
In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf.
# The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron
Why is there a "-" before /var/log/maillog?
Better question than it appears at first glance ;) . Nothing in man rsyslog.conf on C6, but on C5 man syslog.conf it says under "ACTIONS", "Regular File":
"You may prefix each entry with the minus ‘‘-’’ sign to omit syncing the file after every logging. Note that you might lose information if the system crashes right behind a write attempt. Nevertheless this might give you back some performance, especially if you run programs that use logging in a very verbose manner."
Now whether that minus is still supported under C6 I can't tell you :) .
Regards, Leonard.