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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 23:17:02 +0200
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Subject: bin/1739: syslog may log false timestamps
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>Number:         1739
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       syslog may log false timestamps
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct  8 14:20:00 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stefan Zehl
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:

FreeBSD matrix 2.1.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Jun 29 18:37:23 MET DST 1996     sec@matrix:/usr/src/sys/compile/MATRIX  i386

>Description:

syslog pays attention to the Timezone, so any user may log entrys
with wrong timestamps... especially in non-GMT-countrys 
the kernel logs in GMT 
Oct  8 21:27:55 robin /kernel: sio4: 1 more silo overflow (total 24)
Oct  8 22:28:08 robin comsat[3926]: connect from localhost.camelot.de
Oct  8 21:28:12 robin /kernel: sio12: 1 more silo overflow (total 255)

>How-To-Repeat:

in ksh type:
TZ=GMT+9 logger "Test @ `date`"

>Fix:
	
none known
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: