On 13/09/2007, bert hubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 04:45:52PM +0100, Alex Kiernan wrote: > > We collect all our syslog error messages into one file - getting > > pdns_recursors stats in there is blooming irritating. Is there a good > > reason it doesn't log them at something like info? > > Not really - Jan Gyselinck looked into our logging priorities some time ago > and changed a number of them. > > The problem is that syslog thinks in terms of 'severity', and we tend to > think in terms of 'important' or 'unimportant'. While the statistics are not > errors, many people like to actually see them. >
In the right circumstances I'm interested in seeing everything, but the priorities form a useful filter for admins. If I was honest I think much of the logging is at far too high a priority - startup notices for example I'd expect to be "notice" (normal, but significant). warning I expect to be something minor is wrong, if you see lots of these you should really go investigate. > Having said that, I think we could lower this to 'Warning' w/o upsetting > things too much. Many installations actually monitor these log messages, it > appears. > How about if I throw a patch together adjusting priorities together with a rationale for each change? -- Alex Kiernan _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users
