> I was playing with my /etc/syslog.conf to set my new HP laptop up so > that the disk would spin down and stay that way. However, I think I > may have eradicated an important line, because I now have no > /var/log/sys.log Erm... I have no such thing on any of my redhat systems; no sys.log or even syslog. All the stuff is (by default) written to /var/log/messages. > Can someone share the pertinent lines of their /etc/syslog.conf and Below is sylog.conf from my laptop, which is RH7.something. Andy ----------- # Log all kernel messages to the console. # Logging much else clutters up the screen. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none /var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* /var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron # Everybody gets emergency messages, plus log them on another # machine. *.emerg * # Save mail and news errors of level err and higher in a # special file. uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log