Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 12:54:22 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do we *really* need logger(1)? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950907125322.22792F-100000@gate> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950906183531.25467B-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
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On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Tom Samplonius wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Brian Tao wrote:
>
> > syslog() and syslogd are the real problems. What use is there for a
> > syslog service on port 514? I don't see why it should even bother listening
> > to a network port. It should only accept input from /dev/[k]log.
>
> Logging events to another machine is _very_ useful.
Oh, forgot about that bit. :) It even says so right there in the
syslog.conf man page. *sigh* :-/
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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