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Old 11-28-2003, 10:25 AM   #1
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postfix maillog help..


I accidently delete /var/log/maillog file. After that, I create new maillog file(use vi /var/log/maillog) and now postfix does not write to this file anymore. I un-install and re-install postfix but till no go.
how am I going to fix this?
 
Old 11-28-2003, 11:58 AM   #2
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The /var/log/maillog file is a part of syslog, so you can remove /var/log/maillog and restart syslog
 
Old 11-28-2003, 12:03 PM   #3
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How do I restart syslog?

Thanks
 
Old 11-28-2003, 03:50 PM   #4
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try service syslog restart..
 
  


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