Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 01:10:33 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>, Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>, Igor Roshchin <igor@physics.uiuc.edu> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd and syslog.conf (new feature) Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981018011033.00fc17e8@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <19981017134231.C22818@best.com> References: <XFMail.981017154818.vev@michvhf.com> <199810171855.NAA18114@set.spradley.tmi.net> <XFMail.981017154818.vev@michvhf.com>
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At 01:42 PM 10/17/98 -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote: > Hate to be the party pooper here, but when people will learn to > trim -security (and -stable also in this case) from threads which > really should be on -chat? > Agreed. One last thought about syslogd. If you consider the default setup for syslog.conf and the fact that *most* messages are going to one logfile, which can get messy and difficult to discern the important from the routine. With that in mind why not have the LEVEL after the FACILITY in the log? <date> <host> <program>[<pid>]: <level>: <message> Programs like ssh and Apache do something along this line. Certainly would make it easy to search/grep the logs for things demanding more notice than usual. Not to mention if you want to pipe your syslog through a script it provides another common point for comparison. A better feature/improvement (for my usage) than having something to remind me about spaces and or ignore them (neither applies). Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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