NetBSD Problem Report #47529

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Subject: syslogd doesn't correctly follow syslog.conf rules
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>Number:         47529
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       syslogd doesn't correctly follow syslog.conf rules
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    dholland
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 04 01:40:01 +0000 2013
>Last-Modified:  Sun Oct 06 23:53:21 +0000 2013
>Originator:     Jeff G Woodall
>Release:        NetBSD 6.99.16
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD ituner.sleepy.cat 6.99.16 NetBSD 6.99.16 (GENERIC)
 #0: Fri Jan 18 03:30:55 UTC 2013
builds@b8.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/HEAD/i386/201301171940Z-obj/\
 home/builds/ab/HEAD/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386

Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
In 5.x the following would direct messages from host globalinx _only_
to /var/log/globalinx.log:


  #/etc/syslog.conf
  -globalinx
  *.err;kern.*;auth.notice;authpriv.none;mail.crit	/dev/console

  *.info;auth,authpriv,cron,ftp,kern,lpr,mail.none	/var/log/messages
  kern.debug 						/var/log/messages

  auth,authpriv.info					/var/log/authlog

  cron.info						/var/log/cron
  ftp.info						/var/log/xferlog
  lpr.info						/var/log/lpd-errs
  mail.info						/var/log/maillog
  #uucp.info						/var/spool/uucp/ERRORS

  *.emerg							*
  #*.notice						root

  # Save all globalinx log messages to separate file
  !*
  +globalinx
  *.*							/var/log/globalinx.log

--

In current this same syslog.conf now logs to both /var/log/globalinx.log AND
/var/log/messages.

For both, syslogd is started with 'syslogd -b globalinx' , where globalinx is
an entry in /etc/hosts.  Adding '-U' option restores functionality, though it then
requires explict facility.level entries... 

>How-To-Repeat:
Setup in both 5.x and current and write log messages to syslogd remotely.

>Fix:
 ?

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: bin-bug-people->dholland
Responsible-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:03:14 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
I've been meaning to rewrite syslogd's parser, so I'll look into this.
(but not necessarily all that soon, so if anyone else feels like tackling it
don't wait for me)


>Unformatted:

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