Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:45:34 -0600 From: GB Clark <gclarkii@vsservices.com> To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Perl issue on freebsd 4.x? Message-ID: <20021219174534.5de601cd.gclarkii@vsservices.com> In-Reply-To: <20021219022152.GA6708@ussenterprise.ufp.org> References: <20021219022152.GA6708@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:21:52 -0500
Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> wrote:
>
> I have a script where I attempt to use Sys::Syslog, and while it
> works on several platforms it does not work on FreeBSD 4.x (well,
> 4.5 and 4.7 is what I have confirmed on) even though all works
> fine. I've also passed my version of perl debugging, and don't
> see why it's failing.
>
> Test code, lifted right from the Sys::Syslog man page:
>
> use Sys::Syslog;
>
> openlog($program, 'cons,pid', 'user');
> syslog('info', 'this is another test');
> syslog('mail|warning', 'this is a better test: %d', time);
> closelog();
>
> If you add "|| die" to the end of each one you'll find it dies on
> the openlog call, digging down with the debugger it can't establish
> a socket to the syslog server. I get the same behavior if I tell
> it to use a unix domain socket rather than an inet socket.
>
> One machine runs syslog -s, the other -a with all IP's and localhost
> in the ACL. I suppose it could be a security thing but all other
> apps syslog just fine so I suspect perl should work.
>
> While probably a perl issue, FreeBSD does seem to be the only place
> it's broken for me, which is why I thought I'd try here. Anyone
> got an idea?
>
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Hi,
What version of Perl is this?
I've used syslogging with FreeBSD 4.4/4.5. Have not tried it lately.
GB
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