From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 01:10:30 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B5425132 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:10:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9CA1FD04 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:10:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t0F1AURZ017203 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:10:30 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 196742] new feature for syslogd - obey mesg flag Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:10:30 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 10.0-RELEASE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: jef@mail.acme.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter attachments.created Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:10:30 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196742 Bug ID: 196742 Summary: new feature for syslogd - obey mesg flag Product: Base System Version: 10.0-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: jef@mail.acme.com Created attachment 151651 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=151651&action=edit context diff for 10.0-R /usr/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c Currently, when syslogd sends a message to a named user, all of that user's logged-in sessions receive the message. This can be annoying. It would be preferable to be able to designate one particular session to receive such messages. This patch changes syslogd so that when sending a message to a named user, it obeys each session's mesg y/n setting. Sessions with mesg y get the message, sessions with mesg n do not. The patch does not affect messages to everyone ("*"), those still go through regardless of mesg settings. Please find attached a context diff against the 10.0-RELEASE version of /usr/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.c - it adds a wrapper routine that checks the mesg flag, and calls it in the appropriate place. I have been using this patch since FreeBSD 4 in 2004, and it seems like time to try and get it into the release. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.