2010/1/15 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Biebl >> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:42 AM >> To: rsyslog-users >> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog 5.3.6 (v5-beta) released >> >> 2010/1/15 <[email protected]>: >> >> > I think I just realized the problem >> > >> > you have >> > >> > :programname, contains, "NetworkManager" /var/log/NetworkManager.log >> > ~ >> > :programname, contains, "wpa_supplicant" /var/log/NetworkManager.log >> > ~ >> > >> > when you should have >> > >> > :programname, contains, "NetworkManager" /var/log/NetworkManager.log >> > & ~ >> > :programname, contains, "wpa_supplicant" /var/log/NetworkManager.log >> > & ~ >> > >> > give that a shot. >> >> The error message goes away but rsyslog still logs nothing. >> >> Interesting fact is, that the above syntax worked fine with 4.4.2 > > I don't think so, you probably ignored (did not record?) the error message. > The tilde character is an action, and an action needs to be placed after a > filter. So a tilde character just on its own in a single line is definitely a > syntax error. The engine would not know what to do with such a line. > > If it generated no error in v4.4.2, *that* was a bug (will verify later).
It definitely worked with 4.4.2, i.e. the NetworkManager/wpa_supplicant messages were discarded. Will have to check if rsyslog wrote any error message in the syslog. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
