This is just syslogd and the test programs now. syslog() is in libc 4.2 syslogd has been changed to use /proc/kmsg for kernel messages. It also avoids making any terminal it opens its controlling terminal. Otherwise we have a dodgy race condition between processes connecting to terminals which can result in the terminal having the wrong group at the wrong time. The syslog() in libc 4.2 needs changing to use O_NOCTTY on its opens as well. Mike Jagdis Internet: jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk FidoNet: Mike Jagdis, 2:252/305 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Syslogd and Syslog.o These are the syslogd and syslog ported from 4.3BSD (that's the new one with the *very* flexible config file). Syslogd is essentially unchanged from the 4.3BSD, with the exception that *nothing* is ever logged to the console (BAD thing to do on a UNIXpc). You can configure it (via /etc/syslog.conf) to log messages in different logfiles (depending upon the sender's facility code and the priority), log to users' terminals (same dependancies), and if things get real bad, it can do a wall (write-all; same dependancies). Syslog is really only modified in that it uses UDP datagrams because I had no luck at all using UNIX domain sockets on the 3B1. See syslog.h for facility codes and priorities that can be used. BUGS: Messages from facilities LOG_KERN, LOG_USER, and LOG_PRT never can be wall-ed, no matter how high the priority. I'm still trying to decide if this is a bug or a feature. :-) ALSO INCLUDED: Syslog_test, sendlog (to use from shell scripts) and logger (for use in shell script also). NEEDED: The resolver routines in libresolv.a are not needed, but allow you to log to hosts not present in /etc/hosts and to accept logging from same. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed up UNIX domain socket code, added Linux specific code to read messages from the kernel. The #ifdefs are now :- SYSLOG_INET listen on a UDP socket (syslogd) log via UDP (syslog library call) SYSLOG_UNIXAF listen on a UNIX domain socker (syslogd) log via UNIX domain (syslogd library) SYSLOG_KERNEL fork a second copy to read kernel messages using syslog system call. syslogd should be built with one or more of these flags, libsyslog.a should be built with SYSLOG_INET or SYSLOG_UNIXAF, SYSLOG_INET is used in preference to SYSLOG_UNIXAF. readlog is a program which reads from the kernel and records the messages it finds in syslogd via the normal library call interface, it can be run instead of building syslogd with SYSLOG_KERNEL.