From c70257d0afa4df7c838dc7c8f5948baca5f12657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ajs Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:12:01 +0000 Subject: 2005-02-03 Andrew J. Schorr * basic.texi: Add note about last-resort crash logging to /var/tmp when file logging is not configured. * quagga.info: updated build of autogenerated file --- doc/basic.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/basic.texi') diff --git a/doc/basic.texi b/doc/basic.texi index cbbdea49..9c6b59a4 100644 --- a/doc/basic.texi +++ b/doc/basic.texi @@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ If the optional second argument specifying the logging level is not present, the default logging level (typically debugging, but can be changed using the deprecated @code{log trap} command) will be used. The @code{no} form of the command disables logging to a file. + +Note: if you do not configure any file logging, and a daemon crashes due +to a signal or an assertion failure, it will attempt to save the crash +information in a file named /var/tmp/quagga..crashlog. +For security reasons, this will not happen if the file exists already, so +it is important to delete the file after reporting the crash information. @end deffn @deffn Command {log syslog} {} -- cgit v1.2.1