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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:20130305192736.M17705@tetlow.net"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">Jim,
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<font size="2">If that happens again, try "service
<font size="2">rsyslog restart", and then "service
<font size="2">sendmail
restart".
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<font size="2">The <font size="2">first
restart<font size="2">s the logging services, which
can
sometimes hang in the process of<font size="2">
starting a new set of logs. But if
<font size="2">that keeps happening - you've got
a
deeper problem that should
be
investigated/addresse<font size="2">d.
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Thanks. I've never been able to run "service xxx restart" - I get
an
error message like "bash: service: command not found". I did
find
"syslog" in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory and did a
"./syslog
restart" from there and the log is running fine on that VPS now.
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Jim
Matysek
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<br /><font size="2"><b>Hi Jim,
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<br /><font size="2">Glad that <font size="2">fixed the logging for you. Sinc<font size="2">e you've got "syslog" and not the newer "rsyslog"<font size="2"> - I assume that you're run<font size="2">ning the 5106R Blue<font size="2">Onyx, and not the newer 5107R<font size="2">/5108R. But that "s<font size="2">ervice" command should still work for you.
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<br /><font size="2">I'm assum<font size="2">ing that since you were able to restart <font size="2">syslog - you must be root, n<font size="2">ot logged in as a user. And root's default path sh<font size="2">ould include the /sbin directory where the "service" command is located. You might try the command <font size="2">"ech<font size="2">o $PATH" to see the directories that Linux will <font size="2">search</font> when you issue a command. It should include /sbin.
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<br /><font size="2">If not - I suspect that you're changing to <font size="2">root without assuming <font size="2">root's environment. You're probably using the "su" command by itself instead of using "su -". The second way "su -" will assume root's complete en<font size="2">vironment when you change user to root, and root's default <font size="2">search paths should include /sbin. Give that a try, and then see if the "service" command will work for you.
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<br /><font size="2">Chuck
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