#!/bin/sh # Start/stop/restart the system logging daemons. # # Written for Slackware Linux by Patrick J. Volkerding . # colours by (or ;o) syslogd_start() { if [ -x /usr/sbin/syslogd -a -x /usr/sbin/klogd ]; then echo -n "Starting sysklogd daemons: " echo -n "/usr/sbin/syslogd " /usr/sbin/syslogd sleep 1 # prevent syslogd/klogd race condition on SMP kernels echo "/usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x" # '-c 3' = display level 'error' or higher messages on console # '-x' = turn off broken EIP translation /usr/sbin/klogd -c 3 -x fi } syslogd_stop() { killall syslogd 2> /dev/null killall klogd 2> /dev/null } syslogd_restart() { syslogd_stop sleep 1 syslogd_start } case "$1" in start) syslogd_start ;; stop) syslogd_stop ;; restart) syslogd_restart ;; *) echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart" esac