Re: Error while writing to logfile

"Justin C. Lloyd" <jcl(_at_)biogate(_dot_)com> writes:
> I have a .procmailrc file set up for root on our mail server, and everything
> seemed to be working fine with it until I upgraded to procmail 3.12.  I've
> also just upgraded to sendmail 8.9.3, but that was from 8.9.1, so I don't
> think my problem is a result of sendmail paranoia.
>
> My problem is this:  Now, procmail is not writing to $LOGFILE, which is set to
> /.procmail-log.  It's reporting to syslog
>
>   Mar 31 09:59:55 suw3svr01 procmail[23778]: Error while writing to 
> "/.procmail-log"
What happens if you put VERBOSE=on at the top of the /.procmailrc file
and then run procmail as root with the command

        procmail -f root -d root < file_containing_an_email_message


Philip Guenther