Killed message log!!!

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings Harry,

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Harry G wrote:

> In my attempt to find the trouble with cdrecord, I meant to copy my 
> /var/log/messages doc.  Instead, due to the hour, I renamed it.
> 
> I successfully renamed it back, but now, there is no logging report 
> being generated in the message file.  
> 
> What can I do to fix this stupid thing I did?

   cd /etc/rc.d/init.d
   ./syslogd stop
   ./syslogd start

      --- Jay
             
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