the currently released version of librelp simply does not provide that information. However, I have a version 1.0 available, which does. I'll see that I manage to release it today. You need to use a recent version of rsyslog to use the new librelp 1.0 functionality.
Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Lynch > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [rsyslog] No DNS resolution for the property '$fromhost',it's > the local host. > > I've configured syslog forwarding via RELP, and it's mostly working > properly. The only problem is that DNS resolution doesn't seem to be > enabled for the '$fromhost' property, if the log message is coming > from a remote machine via RELP. If the log destination is local, it > works fine: $fromhost resolves to the simple (no FQDN) hostname, as > does $hostname. But if the log destination is a remote machine via > RELP, I '$fromhost' doesn't resolves to a hostname, it's always an IP > address. > > I found a similar issue on the forum, here: > > * http://kb.monitorware.com/reverse-dns-resolution-why-t10040.html > > Like that poster, my forward and reverse DNS lookups work just fine, > on all of the hosts involved. > > Is this a known limitation of RELP, or remote destinations in general, > or should I file a bug report? > > -Ryan > > Ryan B. Lynch > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com

