Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 09:32:54 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "N. N.M" <madrapour@hotmail.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The necessary steps for logging (the problem is fixed) Message-ID: <4.1.19981005093222.041901f0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19981005075959.17004.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Both spaces and tabs should count as white space. Should this be submitted as a bug? --Brett At 12:59 AM 10/5/98 -0700, N. N.M wrote: >Dear Norman > >Thank you very much. The problem with logging is fixed! I did what you >said: > >>I believe that this is because you used spaces to separate the >>fields instead of the required tabs. > >>From syslog.conf man page (look at the last sentence): > >>The syslog.conf file is the configuration file for the syslogd(8) >>program. It consists of blocks of lines separated by program >>specifications, with each line containing two fields: the selector >>field which specifies the types of messages and priorities to which >>the line applies, and an action field which specifies the action to >be >taken if a message syslogd receives matches the selection >criteria. >The selector field is separated from the action field by >one or more >tab characters. > >It was just my mistake to use spaces instead of tabs in >/etc/syslogd.conf. Anyway, thank you very much. > >Regards, >Nazila N. > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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