SUMMARY : syslog not logging.. again

> Just fixed it... 
> 
> I basically just changed this line in the syslog.conf file to go from 
> 
> mail.debug                     ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/syslog, @loghost)
> 
> to 
> 
> mail.debug                                      /var/log/syslog
> 
> It seems like the machine "loses" it's loghost definition after a log
> rotation. 
> Now my syslog is loging mail info, and I'm happy. Now the question 
> remains, why does the loss of loghost occurr....
> 
> 
> Original post.
> 
> > I had an issue with a E450 running solaris who's syslogd stopped 
> > logging a
> > while
> > back. I downloaded the set of the most recent patches, and voila! The 
> > issue
> > went
> > away.. logging started happening again... Until last week. Just 
> > discovered
> > today
> > that /var/log/syslog is not getting updated yet again. I'm going to do 
> > the
> > patch route
> > again.. but this is a production box, I can't just reboot all the time. 
> > Does
> > anyone
> > have any ideas on what I need to do to fix this wihout rebooting!
> 
>