Tim Evans wrote:
>> 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.

I've been grepping my system, and while I find references to the log
file I don't see any evidence that anything would _write_ to it. CentOS4
is different, it has up2date and I use it. It's just a little different
from yours.

What I suggest you do is run tcpdump (or wireshark) and see what traffic
your system generates that might suggest it's trying to contact RH.

>
> 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.

You should add the line, and preferably bug RH about it; whilst I can
bug CentOS about it, a RHEL user doing so will probably get the
resolution for everyone more quickly.


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John

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