[H-GEN] syslog oddness

[Rob Kearey]

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Can anybody think of a good reason why mgetty logs should suddenly stop
appearing in /var/log, but appear in /var/log/messages instead? Not only
that, but the log entries themsleves are less than useful.

Sep 15 14:39:43 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: mgetty: experimental test
release 1.1.22-Aug17: Success
Sep 15 14:39:43 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: check for lockfiles: Success
Sep 15 14:39:43 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: locking the line: No such
process
Sep 15 14:39:43 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: lowering DTR to reset Modem:
No such process
Sep 15 14:39:44 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: send: : No such process
Sep 15 14:39:44 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: waiting for ``OK'': No such
process
Sep 15 14:39:44 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: send: : No such process
Sep 15 14:39:44 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: waiting for ``OK'': No such
process
Sep 15 14:39:45 yellowshift mgetty[21849]: waiting...: No such process

I'm slightly boggled as to where the "No such process" is coming from.
I'l guessing some command substitution has gone awry, though I can't
find anything obvious.

The modem bank for this small ISP is working perfectly in all other
respects, however. Further bogglement.

-- 
Rob Kearey
President, Queensland University Musical Society
http://www.qums.aicsa.org.au

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