9 Apr
2008
9 Apr
'08
8:39 p.m.
Christopher Cashell wrote:
[Apologies if this has been reported before, but I couldn't find any mention of it. Also, my apologies if this shows up twice. I sent it yesterday, but after 24 hours, it hasn't hit the list yet, so I'm resending.]
It appears that Syslog-NG 2.0.x (tested with 2.0.9) will mangle originating source hostname when it begins numerically hostnames, and this also causes errors with date/time handling.
The RFC specifies that host names can not start with a digit. If you have control over these host names, you should change them. If not, then you have to rely on applications handling invalid data, and thankfully syslog-ng is fairly good at accommodating vendors shortcomings. Evan.