Re: Syslog, ipchains and printk

Christoffer Hall-Frederiksen (hall@diku.dk)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:05:25 +0200

On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 04:47:46PM +0200, Glynn Clements wrote:
> > Two things. It should not be sorted in to files but sent as local?.* to
> > a loghost using syslog.
>
> Then have the filter program use 'logger' to re-log the messages.
>
> > And what happens if the program listening on the
> > other end of the fifo dies?
>
> Ensure that it gets re-started.

This is a very nasty solution, a potential problem could very well be
that the kernel writes to the fifo and fills the buffer before the
program kan read it (or (re)start and read it). Wouldn't that make
the write block? Generally I'm not too fond of the kernel beeing
dependant on a perticular program running. There must be another
way of doing it!

-- 
	Christoffer


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