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Activate Syslog Daemon Configuration Changes

After you update the syslog daemon configuration file, send a SIGHUP signal to the syslog daemon. You do so to cause the daemon to reread the configuration file and activate any modified parameters.

Use the USS kill command to send the SIGHUP signal.

This command has the following format:

kill -s SIGHUP pid

pid

Specifies the syslog daemon process ID.

Depending on how it is started, the syslog daemon stores its process ID in a file. The file can be used to reconfigure the daemon.

• If the syslog daemon is started in normal or local-only mode, the file is named as follows:

  /etc/syslog.pid

• If the syslog daemon is started in network-only mode, the file is named as follows:

  /etc/syslog_net.pid

The syslog daemon continues to append log messages to the files you specify in the configuration, after reading the configuration file again.

Note: All log files that the syslog daemon uses must be created in the z/OS UNIX file system before the syslog daemon is started or reconfigured, unless the syslog –c option is specified. If the –c option is specified, the syslog daemon dynamically creates log files that are not already in existence.