From owner-freebsd-security Sun Oct 18 02:14:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA26428 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:14:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cheops.anu.edu.au (cheops.anu.edu.au [150.203.224.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA26413 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:14:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au) Message-Id: <199810180914.CAA26413@hub.freebsd.org> Received: by cheops.anu.edu.au (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA275201999; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 19:13:19 +1000 From: Darren Reed Subject: Re: syslogd and syslog.conf (new feature) To: jeff-ml@mountin.net (Jeffrey J. Mountin) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 19:13:19 +1000 (EST) Cc: jkb@best.com, axl@iafrica.com, igor@physics.uiuc.edu, security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981018011033.00fc17e8@207.227.119.2> from "Jeffrey J. Mountin" at Oct 18, 98 01:10:33 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In some mail from Jeffrey J. Mountin, sie said: > > One last thought about syslogd. If you consider the default setup for > syslog.conf and the fact that *most* messages are going to one logfile, > which can get messy and difficult to discern the important from the > routine. With that in mind why not have the LEVEL after the FACILITY in > the log? > > []: : > > Programs like ssh and Apache do something along this line. make sure it is compatible with the format used by IRIX. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message