92720 – syslog.cron script killall at end is too specific

Bug 92720 - syslog.cron script killall at end is too specific

Summary: syslog.cron script killall at end is too specific

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Cron Team

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Reported:	2005-05-15 11:29 UTC by ivo welch
Modified:	2005-05-15 23:04 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description ivo welch 2005-05-15 11:29:19 UTC

This may be just my problem, but my /etc/cron.daily/syslog.cron file had "killall -HUP syslogd" at the end.  this creates a problem if one runs syslog-ng, because the process name is different.  as a result, there is no more log file after day 1.

when I originally installed the system, I played with what daemon I would be using, so this could be just my own fault.

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Comment 1 Aaron Walker (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-15 23:04:36 UTC

Firstly, I'm not sure why basesystem assigned this to us.  This has nothing to do with a cron daemon.

Secondly, syslog.cron is for sysklogd.  You cannot expect it to work with other syslog daemons.  If you think a cron script would be nice for the syslog daemon you are using, then submit a bug to the maintainer requesting one.