[syslog-ng] TTL patch, helpful for multicasting logs

[Alexander Clouter]

Hi,

Bad of me to reply to my own posting....

Alexander Clouter <ac56 at soas.ac.uk> [20060503 12:23:53 +0100]:
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> I would recommend *only* when its a bind address that 
> setsockopt(MULTICAST_BLAH) is called...
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to clarify

binding wise you need to call ADD_MEMBERSHIP but TTL has no net effect.  For 
sending the data to a multicast address ADD_MEMBERSHIP should not be used 
whilst the TTL functionality is pretty much critical to the whole thing.

Cheers

Alex