Hello, I have a need regarding Dnsmasq:
I want to have "standard" (i.e. logs that are enabled by defualt) logs in syslog, and I also want to retrieve every DNS query / config / response, as to be able to build some stats on them. I have the following constraints that make using the current implementation unusable for this need: - I don't want to pollute syslog with DNS query logs *at all*, but journald still doesn't provide a way to propery filter / redirect logs; - I still want to have my standard dnsmasq logs in the syslog; - I don't want to depend on the underlying syslog implementation (being rsyslog, syslog-ng, or anything else), partly due to the fact that this need is encountered on multiple linux distros with their own syslog choice; - Some of those log facilities may not support log dropping (i.e. keeping "standard" logs, and drop every redirected logs). Now, I'm trying to find some solutions. Would the best way really be to have a small log facility daemon running for this specific process? That seems cumbersome. The configuration key `log-queries` exists, wouldn't it be possible to add the following behaviour? - If `log-queries=` is defined but has an empty value, use the current behaviour; - If `log-queries=` points towards a filesystem path, exclusively write query logs into the given file; - If `log-queries=` is equal to, let's say "syslog", or a non- filesystem value (e.g. a syslog id), write query logs into the used syslog, but with *a different process key*, as to defer log handling, but as to avoid mixing both logs. Any idea or solution for this issue?
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