/var/log/messages

[John Cornelius]

I suppose that adding:

bpalogin.*   /var/log/bpalogin/messages

to /etc/syslog.conf would be too easy but it might do it for you. It 
should go before the omnibus line that sends *.info to /var/log/messages.

--jc

david walcroft wrote:

> How do I pull this type of message out and place into a directory 
> [bpalogin]
>
> Dec 19 09:12:58 reddwarf bpalogin[1965]: Error binding auth socket - 
> Bad file descriptor
> Dec 19 09:12:58 reddwarf bpalogin[1965]: Sleeping for 60 seconds
> Dec 19 09:42:59 reddwarf bpalogin[1965]: Auth host = 
> sm-server.qld.bigpond.net.au:5050
> Dec 19 09:42:59 reddwarf bpalogin[1965]: Listening on port 5050
>
> I get a lot of these they fill up 'messages'.
>
>     Thanks   david
>