SUMMARY: Redirecting Console Error Messages to file

Original Question:

>>> Destry Miller/SF 11/09/01 12:04PM >>>
We're having a problem with a lot of error messages being generated and =
sent to the console. Is there an easy way to have all the error messages =
redirected to a file instead of the console? We're running various Suns on =
Solaris 8.

Thanks in advance and I will summarize,
-destry


I got lots of responses, almost all gave me some advice and pointed me to =
man syslog. I'm including the most complete response.  I got one alternate =
response using console Xterm logging.

-destry

>>> Thomas Knox <Thomas_Knox@cch.com> 11/09/01 12:16PM >>>

What kind of error messages? If they're logged via syslog, edit /etc/syslog=
.conf (make sure to use TABS, not SPACES). Determine which type of errors =
you are getting (kern.err, daemon.err, user.err, mail.err, etc), and add a =
line like this (using user.err as an example):

user.err	/my/user/log/file

If there is anther line in the syslog.conf file that will also match, =
remove the type of error from that line. Then "kill -HUP pid" where pid is =
the PID of syslogd.

Otherwise use 2>/my/error/file for commands and scripts.

				Tom

>>> "Carsten B. Knudsen" <cbk@superusers.dk> 11/12/01 01:44AM >>>

Hi Destry,

  An immediate Q&D solution that springs to mind is to run a console
Xterm with logging, something like:

	# xterm -C -l -lf /var/log/console.log

good luck,

/Carsten

Additional Thanks to:
Thomas Lester
Thomas Knox
Ryan Larson
David Foster
Vishal P Dhuru
Frank Smith
ben at email.it
Julian Simpson
Michael Hill
Jamie Jamieson
Marcel Lambrechts
Robert Reynolds
Nick Hindley
Carsten B. Knudsen