> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Maymann [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 1:25 PM
> To: Rainer Gerhards
> Cc: rsyslog-users
> Subject: Re: rsyslog tarball
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Rainer: thanks - the fix you send me seems to work...:-) at-least on
> hosts sending its IP... - unfortunately not all legacy syslog clients
> do..:-( !
> 
> I tried to restart syslog again on the host that caused "???" before,
> but I am still unable to find either IP or hostname in the log...
> 
> 
> is FROMHOST based on:
> 1. dns-lookup of the IP inside the transmitted IP-packet ?
> 
> or
> 2. dns-lookup of what it states as its IP/hostname inside syslog-
> message ?
> 

Neither. It's just the remote peer (taken from the IP header). It's not taken
from a syslog header field. If you use DNS reverse resolution, it's the name,
else the IP address.

> 
> I would prefer 1., as this would always be right - expect if your in a
> NAT'ed environment...
> Preferably NAT could be auto-detected (could it be: if traffic is
> coming from syslog-server LAN or syslog-server default-GW then the
> client is not NAT'ed ?) or alternatively IPPacketIP/IPPacketFromHost
> (nslookup of IPPacketIP) variables could be added and used if it fits
> ones environment... ?

The best route is to make sure all syslogd'd emit proper RFC3164 or RFC5424
format and simply use HOSTNAME. (you may also look at [1] for NAT and
non-rsyslog).

Rainer
[1] http://www.rsyslog.com/article19/
> 
> 
> Br.
> ~maymann
> 
> 
> 2012/2/7 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>
> 
> 
>       That's a regular log file [in RSYSLOG_DebugForm], showing the log
> messages as
>       you received them. That's not a debug log that shows rsyslog
> processing. To
>       create the later, do the same procedure that you used to create
> the content
>       of your mail I received at 8:43am today. *That* was a debug log.
> Look at the
>       content of both of your mails and you will immediately notice the
> difference.
> 
>       Please also keep the mailing list CCed...
> 
> 
>       Rainer
> 
>       > -----Original Message-----
>       > From: Michael Maymann [mailto:[email protected]]
> 
>       > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:28 AM
>       > To: Rainer Gerhards
>       > Subject: Re: rsyslog tarball
>       >
>       > it states "Debug line with all properties:" all over the
> logfile...
>       > Please tell me how to run this thing...?
>       >
>       > ~maymann
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > 2012/2/7 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>
>       >
>       >
>       >       I guess you mistook files: this was not a debug log but a
> logfile
>       > ;)
>       >
>       >       rainer
>       >
>       >
>       >       > -----Original Message-----
>       >       > From: Michael Maymann [mailto:[email protected]]
>       >
>       >       > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:22 AM
>       >       > To: Rainer Gerhards
>       >       > Cc: [email protected]; rsyslog-users
>       >       > Subject: Re: rsyslog tarball
>       >       >
>       >       > Just made a shorter run with same info inside...
> attached...
>       >       >
>       >       > ~maymann
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       > 2012/2/7 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       >       > -----Original Message-----
>       >       >       > From: Michael Maymann
> [mailto:[email protected]]
>       >       >
>       >       >       > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:46 AM
>       >       >       > To: Rainer Gerhards
>       >       >       > Cc: [email protected]; rsyslog-users
>       >       >       > Subject: Re: rsyslog tarball
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       > Hi Rainer,
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       > it is 30Mb - please provide ftp-upload...
>       >       >
>       >       >       Zipped or plain? If not zipped, you can probably
> compress
>       > it by
>       >       > 90+%. Anyhow,
>       >       >       the FTP server is
>       >       >
>       >       >       ftp://custservice.adiscon.com/incoming
>       >       >
>       >       >       user anonymous, password whatever you like
>       >       >       Note that you can only upload, NOT read. Most
>       > importantly, you
>       >       > won't be able
>       >       >       to see the file when the upload is done.
>       >       >
>       >       >       If you can compress and mail the file, I can
> possibly
>       > faster
>       >       > access it, just
>       >       >       if that's an option.
>       >       >
>       >       >       Thanks!
>       >       >       Rainer
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       > br.
>       >       >       > ~maymann
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       > 2012/2/7 Rainer Gerhards
> <[email protected]>
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >       > -----Original Message-----
>       >       >       >       > From: Michael Maymann
>       > [mailto:[email protected]]
>       >       >       >       > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:43
> AM
>       >       >       >       > To: Rainer Gerhards; [email protected]
>       >       >       >       > Subject: Re: rsyslog tarball
>       >       >       >       >
>       >       >       >       > [root@oulog001 log]# /usr/sbin/rsyslogd
> -c 6 -d
>       >       >       >       >
>       >       >       >       > 9788.497831529:7f639a331700: rsyslogd
> 6.3.7-
>       > postexp1
>       >       > startup,
>       >       >       >       > compatibility mode 6, module path '',
>       > cwd:/var/log
>       >       >       >       > 9788.497969104:7f639a331700: caller
> requested
>       > object
>       >       > 'net', not
>       >       >       > found
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >       [snip]
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >       Sorry, this debug info does not contain
> any of
>       > the
>       >       >       > instrumentation I need (no
>       >       >       >       case occurred) I guess you have cut that
> off.
>       > Please send
>       >       > me a
>       >       >       > complete file,
>       >       >       >       best as an attachment (working with saved
> mail
>       > messages
>       >       > is far
>       >       >       > less nice :)).
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >       If the debug log is too large to mail,
> please let
>       > me
>       >       > know. I can
>       >       >       > provide an
>       >       >       >       anonymous upload-only ftp server in that
> case.
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >       Thanks!
>       >       >       >       Rainer
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
> 
> 
> 

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