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Date:      Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:09:24 -0300
From:      "Fernando P . Schapachnik" <fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar>
To:        Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com>
Cc:        anindya <anindya@goonda.org>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: remote syslog question
Message-ID:  <20010614190924.A2857@ns1.via-net-works.net.ar>
In-Reply-To: <3B292302.53CB3461@globalstar.com>; from crist.clark@globalstar.com on Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:48:02PM -0700
References:  <20010614161245.D56348-100000@phat.bastard.net> <3B292302.53CB3461@globalstar.com>

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En un mensaje anterior, Crist Clark escribió:
> anindya wrote:
> > 
> > Fernando P . Schapachnik provided me the answer in email: simply
> > swap the order of the lines in syslog.conf. Apparently syslogd
> > matches does specific match first, then processes the rules
> > top-to-bottom. I knew it had to be something simple ;)
> 
> Huh? This sounds like a bug to me. I don't see how order of lines can 
> (or should) matter within a block. OTOH, the documentation may be lacking 
> here.

It is *some how* documented in syslog.conf(5). See the paragraph
about comparison flags and the meaning of `*'.

Regards.


Fernando P. Schapachnik
Planificación de red y tecnología
VIA NET.WORKS ARGENTINA S.A.
fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar
Tel.: (54-11) 4323-3381

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