watch for syslog.conf

I've been bitten more than once by this so I have to write this down.
The problem: spamd wasn't logging to /var/log/spamd even though I followed the spamd(8) man page which says:

           !spamd

           daemon.err;daemon.warn;daemon.info      /var/log/spamd

What I didn't pay attention is the way that syslog.conf(5) seperates fields:

The selector field is separated from the action field by one or more tab characters.

So the problem was that I simply copy/paste 'ing and with it not seperating fields with tab.
I found this message by Jared which suggested:

sed -ne '/spam/l' /etc/syslog.conf

This will show you 'tabs' (\t) which in my case were missing.
Hope this helps others.

BSD in Paris

There is obviously a lot of BSD here in Paris. This company does everything from BSD installations, renovation, up to plumbing... is there something xsa hides from us?

Eco-friendly danger sign

Here is a little picture I took yesterday during a walk we took near Rabat's medina.

Moroccans have designed very eco-friendly danger signs! Biodegradable, dye/polymer/chemical-free, reusable, readily available and they convey meaning (well this is the primary goal).

Looking around I didn't spot any tree with that kind of wood. They should have carried it. Stock of special danger-sign wood?

Who needs technology?

r0sk in Pireus

Just so it doesn't get lost... here is the picture of r0sk and Marta (together with Javier on the left) in Pireus. Unfortunately we had only one hour of time together. We were lucky to find a place where we could get an ouzo (and some "kalamaki" souvlakia). Down by the harbor in Pireus is not really the prime address for good food. It was also quite warm, especially due to untypical high humidity for the area.

It was nice to meet those guys and hear a lot of spanish :-) We got them back to their boat (the one on the right) and they steamed off a couple of hours later on their honeymoon to Mykonos and Santorini.