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Date:      Wed, 22 Aug 2001 02:18:48 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: syslogd(8) Hostname Upgrade
Message-ID:  <20010822021848.M313@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010822114241.C8189@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@ringlet.net on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:42:41AM %2B0300
References:  <20010822013841.A76483@blossom.cjclark.org> <20010822114241.C8189@ringworld.oblivion.bg>

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On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:42:41AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:38:41AM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> > I brought this up as a PR (bin/24444) some months ago. I figured I'd
> > finally close the PR and add this.
> > 
> > This patch makes syslogd(8) update the hostname when the daemon is
> > reinitialized. Before anyone points it out, this is not meant to be a
> > security feature. It allows syslogd(8) to update the hostname without
> > terminating and restarting the daemon and generates a message logging
> > the change, nothing more, nothing less.
> > 
> > I've been running with it for months on -CURRENT and -STABLE with no
> > problems. Nit picks anyone?
> 
> Just one, and not a major one at that :)
> 
> [snip]
> >  	/*
> > +	 * Load hostname (may have changed).
> > +	 */
> > +	if (signo)
> > +		(void)strlcpy(oldLocalHostName, LocalHostName,
> > +		    sizeof(oldLocalHostName));
> 
> Do you really need the (void) here?  If you want to make lint and friends
> happy, you should put the (void) in a couple of other places, too - like
> snprintf(), logmsg(), dprintf()..  IMHO, just drop it.

No, don't _need_ it. I'll add one to snprintf(3), good catch. However,
logmsg() is already a void and dprintf is a macro.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu

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