Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 01:32:23 +0100 (MET) From: xaa@stack.nl To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2103: syslogd cannot log to ttys Message-ID: <199611260032.BAA02825@xaa.stack.nl> Resent-Message-ID: <199611260040.QAA23139@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2103 >Category: bin >Synopsis: syslogd cannot log to ttys >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Nov 25 16:40:08 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mark Huizer >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: A FreeBSD current machine >Description: syslogd no longer logs to ttys, and gives errors about a / in /dev//dev/ttyva (for example) >How-To-Repeat: put a line * /dev/ttyva in your syslog.conf and see >Fix: in syslogd.c near line 1171 strip the /dev/ part from the filename in case of a tty. ttymsg() in /usr.bin/wall will prepend /dev/, and it will fall over any '/' in the filename, due to security reasons >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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