Hi David,
On 7 April 2014 21:31, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Apr 2014, Oliver Bestwalter wrote: > > Hi David, >> >> >> On 7 April 2014 19:07, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> write a log with the format RSYSLOG_DebugFormat and you will see the >>> rawlog that rsyslog received and how it's been parsed. >>> >>> >> Sorry, I am very new to (r)syslog and did not find out from where or how to do that (man logger doesn't mention anything about debug stuff, so I guess you mean some other means of logging). the bottom line is that you are sending a log that's not in the correct >>> format, so the first word is being parsed into a different variable than >>> %msg% (probably systlogtag) >>> >>> >>> o.k. but as I did not change any defaults in the logging settings, this >> would mean that logging to syslog from Python is broken by default ... >> > > no, it just means you are misunderstanding things in Python. > > You were correct with the assumption that the first word of the message ends up in %syslogtag%. But this is not mentioned in the docs for the Python SyslogHandler ( https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/logging.handlers.html#sysloghandler ), so in my interpretation it's broken - I will have to check with the maintainer of the logging module if this is a bug or a feature. Cheers Oliver _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
