Re: syslog out to non standard port?

Haszlakiewicz, Eric wrote:
> >-----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.

Hmm, I tried to motivate you to take a look at the code even if your
patch might only be available as patch and not included in HEAD.

Regards,

        Joey

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