Re: syslog facility in cvs 1.12.9

[Mark D. Baushke]

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John Carroll <address@hidden> writes:

> CVS Version: 1.12.9
> OS: Solaris 8
> When we get messages in the /var/adm/messages log, the facility used
> by syslog seems to be mail.info, which I find odd.  Is there a config
> file I missed that will allow me to set the syslog facility to
> something like local, or even define a new syslog facility, such as
> cvs?
> 
> The reason I ask is that my log checker program catchs these as
> flagable events, which I could ignore, but I don't want to ignore any
> other messages to mail.info.
> 
> The log entry below has been edited slightly to remove any identifying
> info, but the gist is there.
> 
> Jul 16 22:55:02 cvs_host cvs[12345]: [ID 123456 mail.info] connect
> from host.domain

At present, cvs is using syslog in src/server.c and depending on the
problem is using LOG_DAEMON or LOG_AUTHPRIV as the facility and one of
LOG_ALERT, LOG_ERR, or LOG_NOTICE as the level. If LOG_DAEMON is not
defined (for some ancient syslog.h implementations, then cvs will use 0
for the facility instead of LOG_DAEMON.

At no time has cvs 1.12.9 ever used LOG_MAIL as the facility, so if that
is what you are observing, your cvs must have been hacked to do it that
way. It is also possible that your /etc/syslog.conf file has been setup
to put LOG_DAEMON facility messages into your /var/adm/messages file.

Feel free to patch your cvs sources to do something else if you wish.

        -- Mark

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