Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:01:47 -0400 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: syslog marking sendmail output as "kernel:" Message-ID: <00e501c81059$4baa60d0$1200a8c0@hermes> References: <200710170005.l9H05BYR092267@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:05 PM Subject: syslog marking sendmail output as "kernel:" > Hi, > > I'm seeing in the logs : > > Oct 16 00:00:25 valhalla sm-mta[69206]: l9G40Kf5069206: SYSERR(root): > collect: I > /O error on connection from bd0614db.virtua.com.br, > from=<postel@gardengatemag.c > om> > Oct 16 00:00:25 valhalla kernel: Oct 16 00:00:25 valhalla sm-mta[69206]: > l9G40Kf > 5069206: SYSERR(root): collect: I/O error on connection from > bd0614db.virtua.com > .br, from=<postel@gardengatemag.com> > > I understand there isn't a problem with the first one, but then its > logging > the second as a "kernel:" entry. My syslog.conf is : > > *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console > *.emerg * > *.debug /var/log/spool > > Is there a way to stop that second entry? It keeps tripping my syslog > monitoring program. What release are you running? (Show the output of uname -a) It's just a formatting issue. > Oct 16 00:00:25 valhalla sm-mta[69206]: l9G40Kf5069206: SYSERR(root): > <snip> > Oct 16 00:00:25 valhalla kernel: <added newline> > Oct 16 00:00:25 valhalla sm-mta[69206]: l9G40Kf5069206: SYSERR(root): > <snip> There must be somewhere in the kernel where we're writing to the syslog with an empty error string. The syslog routines expect a newline-terminated character string, so the lack of a newline causes the next entry to be on the same line as the (non-existant) kernel message. The trouble will be tracking this down. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton
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