https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=273402
Bug ID: 273402
Summary: syslog(3) silently drops message when openlog(3)
contains spaces in "ident" text
Product: Base System
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Verified as failing under 13.2-RELEASE; verified as working under 11.2-RELEASE
As of FreeBSD 13.2, the openlog() call is applying semantics to the "ident"
argument. This action is not documented - the "man" page states that "ident" is
a string prepended to the syslog text; in earlier versions, this was exactly
the treatment. In 13.2, if the "ident" text contains two words, it is
reformatted into "word1[word2]; if it contains more than two space-separated
words, all subsequent "syslog" messages are silently dropped.
I was able to reproduce this from the command line, using the "logger" utility:
logger 'My test message'
logger -t testing 'My test message'
logger -t 'testing 123' 'My test message'
logger -t 'testing 123 456' 'My test message'
Results under FreeBSD 11.2:
Aug 28 11:21:22 netman1-old Rden: My test message
Aug 28 11:21:35 netman1-old testing: My test message
Aug 28 11:21:39 netman1-old testing 123: My test message
Aug 28 11:21:45 netman1-old testing 123 456: My test message
Results under FreeBSD 13.2:
Aug 28 11:19:53 netman1-dev Rden[63807]: My test message
Aug 28 11:20:02 netman1-dev testing[63813]: My test message
Aug 28 11:20:12 netman1-dev testing[123]: - My test message
(4th "logger" call is silently dropped)
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