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[ivessm]

I have a ftp process that interfaces w a SCO OS5 server about twice a minute. The /etc/adm/syslog file is getting full of the following msgs:

Jul 2 10:25:34 cpuname ftpd[22611]: #2 open of pid file failed: No such file or directory
Jul 2 10:25:35 cpuname ftpd[24499]: #2 open of pid file failed: No such file or directory

I have researched trying to eliminate these msgs via the /etc/syslog.conf file but I can't figure out the proper syntax. I only want to eliminate these msgs and not any others that might go into the syslog file.

The current /etc/syslog.conf file reads:

*.debug /usr/adm/syslog

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

stew

 

[PHV]

Have you tried man syslog.conf ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[ivessm]

Yes, I did read man syslog.conf. That happens to be the sme info as in man syslog.

The line in the syslog.conf I tried was:
*.debug;ftp.none /usr/adm/syslog

When I did a kill -HUP `cat /etc/syslog.pid` the log said reinitializing but it didn't say restart after the reinitializing. Although the ftpd msgs stopped I think it was because syslog stopped all logging.

I am specifically trying to only stop the ftpd msgs and no others.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

stew

 

[ivessm]

Another update: I logged the complete session and find that the following error is displayed right after the user logs in:

Jul 2 10:25:34 cpuname ftpd[22611]: #2 open of pid file failed: No such file or directory

I'm now in the process of looking at the proper setup of the users login directory and /etc/passwd entries for ftp access.

If anyone has any hints I'm all ears.

Thanks.

stew

 

[ivessm]

And the solution is:

Through detailed research I come to find out there is a solution for this exact problem on the SCO site.

Read all about it at:

http://support.sco.com/rn_cgi/insta...X5hbnl_JnBfc29ydF9ieT1kZmx0JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=

Thanks for helping me on this.

stew

 

[KenCunningham]

And thanks for taking the trouble to post back with the solution - too rare sometimes.