[syslog-ng] DOMAIN Name Variable

[Rob Munsch]

i knew if we tossed the theory around enough, a shell script would be 
the inevitable result...

if the template() function doesn't accept such an operation on the $FQDN 
macro, within syslog's conf itself, could program() do it, or is that 
just too ugly?

Breitman, Jason wrote:

>To clarify what I want
>
>servername.domainname.com or servername.city.domainame.com
>
>I believe the first name is the server name and everything else is the
>domain name.
>
>
>================================================
>#!/bin/sh
>
>if [ $# != 1 ] ; then
>	echo "USAGE: $0 fqdn"
>	exit 1
>fi
>
>FQDN=$1
>DOMAINNAME=`echo ${FQDN} | cut -d. -f2,3,4,5`
>
>echo ${DOMAINNAME}
>================================================
>
>I would like to put all servers in the same domain under one directory.
>This will allow me to allow access to different user groups based on
>domain name.
>Also, If I wanted, I can leave out the host name and have one big file
>for each domain name.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
>[mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Rob Munsch
>Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:03 PM
>To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] DOMAIN Name Variable
>
>oh yes, of course i forgot.  we certainly wouldn't want the US to stick
>.us on the end of their domains and create the impression of a global
>standard or anything, sigh...
>
>David Anderson wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Rob,
>>
>>Monday, March 13, 2006, 11:47:52 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>that would be the TLD, yes:  but i got the impression jason means 
>>>'domain' more like xyz.com foo.edu how.de
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>so therefore 'starting with the string before the last dot.'
>>>   
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>That doesn't work, as many domains outside of the US have a 3-part 
>>domain, as in xyz.co.uk.
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>
>
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>Rob Munsch
>Solutions For Progress IT
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