[syslog-ng] Can TAG field be terminated by space?
Tsurusawa Takeshi
tsuru at grid.nii.ac.jp
Mon Oct 22 11:26:50 CEST 2007
Hi,
I'm using syslog-ng-2.0.5 and trying to store syslog messages into a DB table with
a TAG field column.
But when TAG fileld is terminated with space character(' ') in syslog message,
syslog-ng parser returns as TAG field not only TAG field but also some extra strings
end with a colon(':') in CONTENT field.
For example, if MSG part is "program abc: message...", syslog-ng returns
"program abc" as a TAG field.
According to the section 4.1.3 of RFC3164, a space character can also terminate a TAG field.
The TAG is a string of
ABNF alphanumeric characters that MUST NOT exceed 32 characters. Any
non-alphanumeric character will terminate the TAG field and will be
assumed to be the starting character of the CONTENT field. Most
commonly, the first character of the CONTENT field that signifies the
conclusion of the TAG field has been seen to be the left square
bracket character ("["), a colon character (":"), or a space
character.
Is it possible to change this behavior of syslog-ng?
Thanks in advance.
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Tsurusawa Takeshi <tsuru at grid.nii.ac.jp>
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