Re: syslogd always trying to find the network

Dennis Heuer wrote:
> 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.

This behaviour is changed in CVS HEAD and will thus be part of the
next release.

Regards,

        Joey

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