RE: syslog out to non standard port?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin Schulze [mailto:joey_at_infodrom.org]
>
>Chris Lyon wrote:
>> Below is a snip of the config and we have :515 as the output. Should
this
>work or is there another way to get this working?
>> <snip from syslog.conf>
>> local4.* @1.1.1.1:515
>
>The standard syslog daemon does not support this syntax. Currently the
>only way to send messages to a non-standard port is to alter
/etc/services
>and change the port number for the service syslog.
>
>Feel free to fetch the current sources and work on a patch. Even if
>it shouldn't be accepted, it can be placed in the contrib area at
>least and help other people.

Are you saying that there's something wrong with the syntax he used that
would prevent the feature from being accepted? If that's that case, it
seems rather discouraging for someone that might work on the code.

eric
Received on Mon Mar 22 2010 - 16:21:04 CET