Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:20:13 +0900 (JST) From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@imasy.or.jp> To: lists@lists.grot.org Cc: takhus@takhus.mind.net, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslog changes in 4.2-stable? Message-ID: <20010221.182013.39234185.ume@imasy.or.jp> In-Reply-To: <20010220225849.A37315@mighty.grot.org> References: <20010220222603.A36904@mighty.grot.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102202229001.74542-100000@takhus.dyn.mind.net> <20010220225849.A37315@mighty.grot.org>
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>>>>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:58:49 -0800
>>>>> lists <lists@lists.grot.org> said:
lists> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:35:22PM -0800, Tony Fleisher wrote:
> I happened to run into this exact problem sometime last week and
> found that it was fixed by adding:
> setlogsock('unix');
lists> Thanks, yes, that works...but, ugh. So some backward-compatibility was broken
lists> in 4.2-STABLE...and that should probably be fixed...
It is security reason. The -s option is specified by default under
4.X or later. If you need, you can still enable insecure mode by
omitting -s from syslogd_flags in /etc/rc.conf. However, if you
intend to log within the host, it is not recommended.
Please refer manpage of syslogd.
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