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Re: [rhelv5-list] yum-updatesd Runs Exactly Twice,
 then Doesn't connect again

Tim Evans

2008-03-31

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>There is no /var/log/up2date, and I don't expect one on your system or
>mine, yum is the tool on RHEL5.

Yes, yum is the tool, but stopping/starting yum-updatesd definitely logs to
/var/log/up2date. And, RHN keeps sending me whining e-mails telling me my
system hasn't checked in.
>
>yum-updatesd is logging to facility daemon, I checked by inspecting the
>code with vim. However, on my system syslogd is not configured to log
>"daemon" messages anywhere, which I find a bit odd. Check your
>/etc/syslog.conf - it might explain your /var/log/up2date.

Nothing there at all.
>
>I've added a line to /etc/syslog.conf but it's too early to tell what
>yum-updatesd is doing, if anything. It's not actually configured (on my
>system) to be very useful.

Thanks.
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