tags 147471 + patch thanks We at Maths.USyd have been using the following patch for this; sorry, no patch for the man page. (Should have been passed on to Debian years ago; my excuse is that I took over management of the machine that uses this a short time ago.)
Cheers, Paul Szabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia --- sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c.orig 2006-12-06 12:52:56.696107504 +1100 +++ sysklogd-1.4.1/syslogd.c 2006-12-06 12:59:54.430625240 +1100 @@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ int MarkSeq = 0; /* mark sequence number */ int NoFork = 0; /* don't fork - don't run in daemon mode */ int AcceptRemote = 0; /* receive messages that come via UDP */ +char *UDPinterface = NULL; /* dotted quad giving interface to listen for UDP on */ char **StripDomains = NULL; /* these domains may be stripped before writing logs */ char **LocalHosts = NULL; /* these hosts are logged with their hostname */ int NoHops = 1; /* Can we bounce syslog messages through an @@ -829,7 +830,7 @@ funix[i] = -1; } - while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dhf:l:m:np:rs:v")) != EOF) + while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "a:dhf:l:m:np:r::s:v")) != EOF) switch((char)ch) { case 'a': if (nfunix < MAXFUNIX) @@ -865,6 +866,7 @@ break; case 'r': /* accept remote messages */ AcceptRemote = 1; + UDPinterface = optarg; break; case 's': if (StripDomains) { @@ -1174,7 +1176,7 @@ int usage() { - fprintf(stderr, "usage: syslogd [-drvh] [-l hostlist] [-m markinterval] [-n] [-p path]\n" \ + fprintf(stderr, "usage: syslogd [-dvh] [-r[interface]] [-l hostlist] [-m markinterval] [-n] [-p path]\n" \ " [-s domainlist] [-f conffile]\n"); exit(1); } @@ -1227,6 +1229,14 @@ memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin)); sin.sin_family = AF_INET; sin.sin_port = LogPort; + + if (UDPinterface) { + if (inet_aton(UDPinterface, &sin.sin_addr) == 0) { + logerror("syslog: bad UDP interface, suspending inet service."); + return -1; + } + } + if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, \ (char *) &on, sizeof(on)) < 0 ) { logerror("setsockopt(REUSEADDR), suspending inet"); --- sysklogd-1.4.1/debian/changelog.orig 2006-12-06 12:52:56.739109001 +1100 +++ sysklogd-1.4.1/debian/changelog 2006-12-06 13:00:43.507329872 +1100 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +sysklogd (1.4.1-20.psz) unstable; urgency=low + + * Allow -r option to take an argument specifying IP interface to listen on + (following Jim's sysklogd_1.4.1-10.diff) + + -- Paul Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:57:02 +1100 + sysklogd (1.4.1-20) unstable; urgency=low * Added a missing whitespace to the rc file (Closes: Bug#388787, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
