Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:41:50 -0500 From: "David Robillard" <david.robillard@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: syslog time resolution Message-ID: <226ae0c60711080641p1a614827l5c9a85e795a9d21e@mail.gmail.com>
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> I would like to increase the number of decimals reported in logfiles by > syslogd(8), anyone knows if it is possible and perhaps a hint on how to do > it? > > tcpdump for instance, has six decimals: 21:25:20.160833 whereas the > standard syslog has zero decimal secs. > > I am only referring to events within a single system so it's not related to > clock accuracy. > > Thanks and sorry if I missed the obvious! You might want to try changing the base system's syslogd(8) for a more feature rich syslog solution. I'd suggest using syslog-ng which is available in the FreeBSD ports as sysutils/syslog-ng2 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/sysutils/syslog-ng2/pkg-descr It has quite a lot more features then the base system's syslogd(8) as you can see from the online Administrator's Guide http://www.balabit.com/dl/html/syslog-ng-admin-guide_en.html/bk01-toc.html Should you like to check out other syslogd replacements, check the Library at http://www.loganalysis.org/ Have fun! David -- David Robillard UNIX systems administrator & Oracle DBA CISSP, RHCE & Sun Certified Security Administrator Montreal: +1 514 966 0122
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