this is the syslog.conf # 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 *.emerg * # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log and the syslog is Jul 17 14:08:58 LIINFBW syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Jul 17 14:09:03 LIINFBW kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. do you have any idea? the OS is SuSE 9.0 SP 3 Linux LIINFBW 2.6.5-7.244-bigsmp #1 SMP Mon Dec 12 18:32:25 UTC 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free.