Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 07:21:49 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd and syslog.conf Message-ID: <199810121421.HAA22643@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:03:30 CDT." <199810112103.QAA14342@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>
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> Hello!
>
> Those who are reading freebsd-security, already saw this.
> For others, briefly:
> There was a question and few followups about the syslogd
> which doesn't allow to have spaces between the first and the second
> field in /etc/syslog.conf .
> (this is a feature of syslogd in some (or all ?) other Unices).
> Only <tab>s are allowed.
Having had a chance to think about this, I think that a modification of
this nature, which would make syslogd somewhat incompatible, e.g. not
the same as, syslogd's on other UNIX systems, a name change should also
be considered. In keeping with tradition, this new syslogd should be
called nsyslogd.
Taking a compromise position, I think that there are a couple of
options:
1. Define the characters that syslogd should recognize and have the
syslogd
Makefile build syslogd and nsyslogd, or
2. Make the new behavior an option, "-n" for new behavior, or have
syslogd
see whether it was invoked via the syslogd command or nsyslogd
command
and invoke the new behavior based on that, or
3. Make the proposed changes a port based on FreeBSD code, similar to
what
has been done with colorls. Those who wish to use the proposed
changes
can install the port. (The port could even support non-standard
syslog
features like the use of TCP in addition to UDP or even encryption).
I tend to favour options 2 and 3 over option 1.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
Government of BC
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