On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 09:05:45AM -0500, Yan Lau wrote:

Hello,

I am using syslog-ng 1.5.14. I am trying to get the log messages to display the full hostname instead of the short name.

For instance,

Feb 4 10:06:42 mailhost su: 'su toto' succeeded for ylau on /dev/pts/0

We have several servers with the name "mailhost" so I would like it to show mailhost.nyc1.globix.net so I can tell which one it is.

Here are the options I have set:

options { sync (0); time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (1000); create_dirs (yes); chain_hostnames (no); use_dns (no); use_fqdn (yes); };

Where is it picking up the short name and how can I get it to show the full name? Sometimes the log shows IP addresses, that is OK.

hmm. if keep_hostname is true, it should not touch the hostname, if it is false, the hostname should always be rewritten. if (!self->keep_hostname || !logmsg->host) { ... rewrite host ... } Thus, if keep_hostname() is false (default), the hostname is always rewritten. Ops, I think I have the problem. get_source_hostname() function in sources.c: if (... received from network ...) { ... resolve source ip, chomp domain if use_fqdn is false ... } else { ... this message is local ... getshorthostname(), even if use_fqdn() is true. } thus the hostname you are picking up comes from a local message. Try this patch: diff -u -r1.28 sources.c --- sources.c 2001/03/30 15:02:31 1.28 +++ sources.c 2002/02/15 14:34:00 @@ -184,7 +184,14 @@ else { if (!hostname) { char buf[128]; - hostname = c_format_cstring("%z", getshorthostname(buf, sizeof(buf))); + if (usefqdn) { + gethostname(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1); + buf[127] = 0; + } + else { + getshorthostname(buf, sizeof(buf)); + } + hostname = c_format_cstring("%z", buf); } ol_string_use(hostname); -- Bazsi PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD 804E C82C 8EB1