Re: syslogd always trying to find the network

Dennis Heuer wrote:
> hello
>
> i use syslogd on a standalone machine and don't need it to connect
> to the network. however, though i don't use the -r option, syslogd
> still tries to read /etc/services. there seems to be no way to turn
> this behaviour off and suppress this boring failure message at startup.
> please change this to get in par with what is expressed in the manual:
>
> -r This option will enable the facility to receive message from the
> network using an internet domain socket with the syslog service
> (see services(5)). The default is to not receive any messages
> from the network.

Which version of syslogd are you using?

If I remember correctly, this problem has been fixed a while ago.
Do you mind trying CVS HEAD to see if this misfeature is still
around? Of cource, no "@host" lines may be present in syslog.conf.

Regards,

        Joey

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