From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 5 12:02:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA04676 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:02:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from axl.training.iafrica.com (axl.training.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03844 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:58:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.training.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.training.iafrica.com) by axl.training.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 0zQFpR-0000IK-00; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 20:57:53 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Brett Glass Subject: Re: The necessary steps for logging (the problem is fixed) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 05 Oct 1998 12:49:24 -0400." <19981005124924.A22282@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 20:57:53 +0200 Message-ID: <1135.907613873@axl.training.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 09:32:54AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > Both spaces and tabs should count as white space. Should this be > submitted as a bug? In the comments on thsi one that I've seen so far, I've seen only justifications of the program operating in accordance with the manpage. I think the real question is: Does syslogd's use of only tabs as separators, and not whitespace as with many other conf formats, contribute anything to the flexibility of the conf file? If it does, someone should explain how, so that we can settle down and be happy with the current behaviour. If not, _then_ we can discuss whether teaching syslogd to accept whitespace as separators may be useful. Anyone with intelligent comment on the usefulness of using only tabs as separators and not whitespace, as is the norm for many conf formats? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message