From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Sep 13 8:33:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0070214D58 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 08:33:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11QY6q-0004Lh-00 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:33:36 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: inetd -l doesn't (seem to) log without -wW] In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:41:26 MST." <37DC0FF6.BE2AFE3D@gorean.org> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 17:33:36 +0200 Message-ID: <16720.937236816@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 13:41:26 MST, Doug wrote: > Usually I'd wait longer for a response from Sheldon, but since we're so > close to the release.... Doug and I have been discussing this off the list. Here's the relevant stuff from the last message I sent him. | That's right. TCP Wrappers uses auth. The log (-l) option uses | daemon.info . I see what's happened. | | When TCP Wrappers was incorporated, the correct facility for TCP | Wrappers was chosen. Connections logged with the -l option continued | to be logged under the previous facility so as not to break backward | compatibility. The result? A program which is incostistent with itself. | Don't you love 'em. | | Probably, the best option is to clearly document in the manpage the | different levels used and the historical reasons behind the difference. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message