| Title: | POLYCENTER Console Manager | 
| Notice: | Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS: | 
| Moderator: | CSC32::BUTTERWORTH | 
| Created: | Thu Aug 06 1992 | 
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 1541 | 
| Total number of notes: | 6564 | 
    Question,
    
    I would like to setup a PCM configuration in which PCM monitors it's
    own syslog messages.
    
    The system is running ULTRIX V4.3, PCM V1.5.
    
    I tried some of the hints i picked up in note 593, but i can't get it
    to work.
    
    This is what i have done sofar,
    
    In the configuration editor i created a system called dcuws2 and
    assigned it a pseudo terminal.
    In the command section i entered 'tail /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog'
    
    Database verication gives no errors.
    But after reconfiguring the icon comes up grey and from the system
    status i read 'Open Failure'
    
    Any hints would be much appriciated,
    
    Arthur.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines | 
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| 700.1 | Try -f option | ZENDIA::DBIGELOW | Innovate, Integrate, Evaporate | Fri Apr 28 1995 14:17 | 10 | 
|     Arthur,
    
        try 'tail -f /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog'
    
    Without the -f option, the tail program just exits in the
    pseudoterminal and PCM gathers from this that it has lost the
    connection. The -f option causes the tail ptogram not to terminate.
    
    Dave
    
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| 700.2 | Solution ... | IJSAPL::SINKE | Fri Apr 28 1995 15:09 | 12 | |
|     Dave,
    
    You're right about the missing -f switch.
    But this wasn't the real problem. In the meanwhile i found that a
    absolute path to the tail command had to be provided.
    
    Thus : "/usr/ucb/tail -f /usr/spool/mqueue/syslog" is the correct
    command to enter.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Arthur
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