September 1999 - syslog-ng - lists.balabit.hu

MySQL Destination
by H D Moore 28 Sep '99

28 Sep '99

Hi, I started writing a MySQL based version of syslogd a couple weeks ago, it turns out that the original sysklogd package is an ugly mess and it wasnt feasible to try rewriting it for mysql support. Would you consider adding a mysql destination to the syslog-ng source? Would you mind if I write one and distributed it as a patch/module/etc? Would anyone else want to work on this? The original product page is located at http://www.phunc.com/~spinux (myLog). -HD Like Nmap? Try Nlog! (http://nlog.ings.com) IEEE Member (http://www.ieee.org)

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CVS updated
by Balazs Scheidler 06 Sep '99

06 Sep '99

Hi, The previously mentioned compilation fixes are available in the CVS repository, only *BSD users are affected. For CVS instructions, see the webpage. -- Bazsi PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD 804E C82C 8EB1 url: http://www.balabit.hu/pgpkey.txt

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Standard TCP port for Syslog?
by Lowkrantz, Goran 06 Sep '99

06 Sep '99

Has there been any desision for a TCP syslog port, as 514 is taken? Cheers, GLZ --- Goran Lowkrantz Email : goran.lowkrantz(a)infologigruppen.se Infologigruppen Alfa AB Telephone: Nat 070-587 8782 Fax: Nat 070-615 8782 Box 202 Int +46 70-587 8782 Int +46 70-615 8782 941 25 Pitea, Sweden

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syslog-ng 1.1.32 on FreeBSD
by Lowkrantz, Goran 06 Sep '99

06 Sep '99

Hi, Built the 1.1.32 on FreeBSD 3.3-RC today and there are just two small things to make this a compleat joy. 1 - The configure script don't find thet FreeBSD should have #define HAVE_MODERN_UTMP 0. 2 - The following warnings are generated at the inclusion of /usr/include/arpa/inet.h in src/utils.c I have added the lines from the system header that generates the warning. In file included from utils.c:32: /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:89: warning: parameter has incomplete type unsigned long inet_lnaof __P((struct in_addr)); /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:92: warning: parameter has incomplete type unsigned long inet_netof __P((struct in_addr)); /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:96: warning: parameter has incomplete type char *inet_ntoa __P((struct in_addr)); Cheers, GLZ --- Goran Lowkrantz Email : goran.lowkrantz(a)infologigruppen.se Infologigruppen Alfa AB Telephone: Nat 070-587 8782 Fax: Nat 070-615 8782 Box 202 Int +46 70-587 8782 Int +46 70-615 8782 941 25 Pitea, Sweden

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Re: syslog-ng under OpenBSD
by Balazs Scheidler 02 Sep '99

02 Sep '99

> > > > Could you send me your config.log and config.h files? > > I sent them as separate e-mails with proper subject lines. Thanks. I've fixed these compilation problems. Will be available in the next release. > > > > > > also, I get these warnings: > > > > > > parameter list > > > /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:79: warning: parameter has incomplete type > > > /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:82: warning: parameter has incomplete type > > > /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:86: warning: parameter has incomplete type > > > > In which file? > > during this command, here: > gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/usr/local/src/syslog-ng-1.1.32/src -I. -O2 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/libol -c utils.c Fixed this one too. -- Bazsi PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD 804E C82C 8EB1 url: http://www.balabit.hu/pgpkey.txt

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updated documentation
by Balazs Scheidler 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

Hi! I've updated the documentation on the webpage. It's not complete yet, but it's definitely more complete than it was previously. http://www.balabit.hu/products/syslog-ng/doc/book1.html -- Bazsi PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD 804E C82C 8EB1 url: http://www.balabit.hu/pgpkey.txt

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Remote loging and facility seperation of incoming logs.
by deant＠stsi.net 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

Salutations all, I am attempting to set up a network log server for our Debian and RedHat servers. I can cause the other boxen to send the information to the log server. The log server receives the packets. However, I am having some difficulty separating the inbound packets by box and routing them to different files by facility. Any assistance would be appreciated. ****************************************************** * <<<<<<<<<<<<<< SouthNet <> TeleComm >>>>>>>>>>>>>> * ****************************************************** * Man generally seeks wisdom * T. Dean Tate * * only after all other options * deant(a)stsi.net * * have been exhausted. * UNIX Administration * ******************************************************

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regular expressions ...
by Josef Bergmann 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

Hi! I made some fine Deb-Pakets from libol 0.2.3 and syslog-ng 1.1.31 and installed it on a Debian 2.1 system. Everthing works/logs nicely :-) Now I want enable the "hashing-feature" and filter against a file with regex- terms but I found now proper info in the docs. How can configure this features? (I don't found "genh0" and "checkhash" as mentioned in the syslog-ng manpage). How can I realize a system which for example executes a script if a regex- target gets hit. The idea is to get a realtime logchecker which mails faults to the admin ... Thanks for help. bye Josef -- BERGMANN engineering & consulting http://bec.at/ 'While we liked developing Windows applications, we never inhaled.' - Philippe Kahn, 1992

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