[syslog-ng] question regarding program name logs

[Russell Fulton]

Justin Randall wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am currently using Syslog-NG version 2.0rc1.
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> I’ve noticed that sometimes when Syslog-NG is logging messages, it
> prefixes something onto the program name which disrupts filters while
> matching against a program name.  For example, in some logs for a
> program named “foo” I’ll see logs in the form of “<15>foo” which fail to
> be matched against a filter of ‘program(“foo”) ‘.  This seems to only be
> noticed on logs which originate from remote hosts.
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> Could anyone provide an explanation for what is going on with this?
> 
the program name is supplied by the program in the call openlog to
generate the log record, i.e. syslog-ng does not mess with this value it
just takes what it is given.  If you are getting variable text in this
field I would look at the program that is generating the messages.

BTW I apologise for my earlier message in response to Bazsi's
announcement of RC2.  It was meant to go to a colleague not to the list.
Too early in the morning and not enough coffee!

Russell