mgetty uses wrong logfile

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Hi,

Olaf Foellinger wrote:
> though I do have configured mgetty in policy.h to use /var/log for
> logfiles 
> 
> #define LOG_PATH "/var/log/log_mg.%s"
> 
> it still logs to /tmp/log_mg.ttyS0. I runs on Linux. What can I check
> now ?

Have you:

 - recompiled mgetty
 - re*installed* mgetty

Are you running the mgetty binary that you just installed? And not
something that might be in /sbin/mgetty while you installed
/usr/local/sbin/mgetty?

If the mgetty version number is recent enough, you can ask mgetty where
the log file will be, with "-V":

$ mgetty -V

mgetty+sendfax by Gert Doering
experimental test release 1.1.14-Apr02

log file written to '/var/log/mgetty.<ttyX>'
config file read from '/usr/local/etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.config'

gert
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