[995] in Release_7.7_team
Re: syslogd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Basch)
Mon Jun 16 07:57:34 1997
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 07:57:11 -0400
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>, release-team@MIT.EDU, op@MIT.EDU,
testers@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199706160718.DAA03454@steve-dallas.MIT.EDU>
From: "Richard Basch" <basch@lehman.com>
On Mon, 16-June-1997, "John Hawkinson" wrote to "Jonathon Weiss, release-team@MIT.EDU, op@MIT.EDU, testers@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU" saying:
>
> | Ops recently realized that we are not getting reboot syslogs for our
> | solaris machines logged centrally.
>
> It's times like this that various phrases about folks who reside in Hamelin
> arise. More seriously, does someone own tracking bugs sent to testers
> (as it appears that Mike owns tracking bugs sent to bugs)?
>
> I reported this problem in testers[3017] (Sun, 21 Jul 1996 14:51:51 -0400):
>
> / The problem seems to be that the panic detection mechanism (savecore)
> / is run in /etc/rc2.d/S20sysetup, but syslogd is not started until
> / /etc/rc2.d/S74syslog.
> /
> / My recollection has been that in the past there has been some
> / mechanism for syslogs being saved somewhere (kernel message socket??)
> / such that syslogd obtains queued sylogs after starting. This does
> / not appear to be functional.
> ...
> / I'm not sure whether this is bug in /dev/log (log(7)) or something
> / else. This behavior of queueing syslogs is not mentioned in log(7),
> / syslogd(1m), syslog(3), or anywhere else I looked.
First, Solaris uses SYSV-style logging. In other words, /dev/log is a
compatibility feature for BSD-style programs, but a syslogd based on
/dev/log will not receive all the messages. The kernel logs its
messages using prioritized message queues. If the Athena syslogd does
not "speak" this style of syslogs, I think you will find that you will
be omitting all the kernel logs.
Cheers.
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