Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:16:31 +0100 (MET) From: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen McKay) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: License to kill annoying syslog feature? Message-ID: <199702200916.KAA07489@server.us.tld> In-Reply-To: <199702200713.RAA08383@ogre.devetir.qld.gov.au> from Stephen McKay at "Feb 20, 97 05:13:17 pm"
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> Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> wrote: > > >I am very happy with the IRIX 5.3 syslog. It supports the syntax > > > >*.debug;kern.none;user.none |/var/syslog/log-filter /var/syslog/all > > > >which pipes all messages through /var/syslog/log-filter and this script > >decides what to do with them. So I get my squid, socks, slip, etc. logs > >all in different files and can for example ignore some messages with > >the same level and priority depending on the process that sends them. > > Shouldn't we add better log filtering to syslogd instead? Its function > should be to accept messages, discard unnecessary ones, and log the required > ones to the appropriate log files. If it is not up to this task, and we > add a shell filter escape, isn't that the same thing as saying that syslogd > is bogus and useless? > > Add some new syntax supporting arbitrary regular expressions. That should > be enough for everyone. Yes, that's right. I just wanted to show the interest in a flexible syslogd. The implementation is a different thing. -Andre
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