[syslog-ng] global option chain_hostnames() not explained

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 00:15 +0200, Wolfram Schlich wrote:
> Unfortunately the documentation leaves it unclear what exactly
> chain_hostnames() does.
> 
> I just guess it does something like creating a chained hostname
> in the form "host1/host2/host3".
> 
> What about use_fqdn() in that case?
> Will it be "host1.example.com/host2.example.com/host3.example.com"?
> Am I right when I think that use_fqdn() does only take effect
> for the hostname where syslog-ng is currently running on?
> 
> Let's say use_fqdn() is on on host1 and host3 and off on host2.
> I guess it would look like this then:
> "host1.example.com/host2/host3.example.com"
> 
> Can somebody clear it up? :-)

use_fqdn only affects local name resolution, sometimes names of the
sending host is resolved, when it is not present in the message. In this
case use_fqdn() affects that as well.

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Bazsi