[syslog-ng]Sending mail to root?

[Amodiovalerio Verde]

You simply cannot use a destination like that one.

Remember that syslog-ng never stop feeding destinations, so there is never
an EOF...

What you can do is a script or a little program that read it's stdin and
without waiting for an EOF, do something.

I use some C program I've written to read stdin using a fgets() that return
after # bytes or after an EOL.

You have to use something like that using language you like.

But never expect syslog-ng to close your destination stdin, cause it's not
its behaviour.

Amodiovalerio Verde

----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Lindner" <mailinglists@xgm.de>
To: <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:51 PM
Subject: [syslog-ng]Sending mail to root?


> Hello,
> I try to define a destination which sends the log entry to root:
>
> destination d_mailroot { program("/usr/bin/mail -s '[syslog] Exception
> detected' root"); };
>
> But this is not working. mail does not notice that it should close stdin
and
> send the mail. I think something like a EOF or at least in single line
with a
> dot.
> How can I accomplish sending the mail?
> Thanks,
> Florian
>
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