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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!bowl.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!warm.news.pipex.net!pipex!hose.news.pipex.net!pipex!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news-xfer.cybernet.dk!news.onramp.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!excalibur.flash.net!news-in.iadfw.net!news.gymnet.com!LSNT1!lsbsdi6.lightspeed.net!news 3.crl.com!nntp2.crl.com!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!sonybc!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!philabs!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news.IAEhv.nl!supernews.com!news From: dan@okdirect.com (Daniel Walton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: /var/log/messages stopped??? Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 04:17:39 GMT Organization: OK Direct Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <B49D043393E40D9D.E21C3F62787007E4.BE98098DCD5315C2@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <338bb125.441417284@207.126.101.81> Reply-To: dan@okdirect.com NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Host: biceps.gymnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99f/32.299 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42167 I have been doing some work on a FreeBSD system that required me to change the root crontab. I first checked the root crontab but I didn't find anything in it. Maybe I didn't look good enough because about the same time I changed the root crontab the /var/log/messages file stopped updating. Is this related to the crontab and how do I get this going again? Thanks! Daniel Walton