[request-sponsor] Bug 5079505 Clarification of /etc/syslog.conf comments

[Ceri Davies]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 06:51:48PM +0530, Rishi M Nair wrote:
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> Bug ID -5079505
> Synopsis -  Clarification of /etc/syslog.conf comments
> Category:Subcategory - utility:logger

> --- syslog.conf.orig  Tue Oct  2 19:45:58 2007
> +++ syslog.conf   Tue Jan 29 07:55:36 2008
> @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
>  # sent to the loghost machine, un-comment out the following line:
>  #auth.notice ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/authlog, @loghost)
>  
> +# Loghost is defined by syslog with reference to the hosts database.
> +
>  mail.debug   ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/syslog, @loghost)

Firstly, the additional comment is apparently required directly above
the auth.notice entry.  This would also require that the previous line
"uncomment the following line" be reworded too.

Secondly, the macro is "LOGHOST", not "Loghost", so the comment should
reflect that.

Finally, I think that a better fix would be to add a description of how
the LOGHOST macro works and is defined to syslog.conf(4) and reference
that manpage in the comment, since the proposed text is still largely
ambiguous.

Ceri
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[request-sponsor] Bug 5079505 Clarification of /etc/syslog.conf comments

[Rishi M Nair]

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I am Rishi M Nair  from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
me (Rishi M Nair) (OS0148 - rishios) and avinash joshi(OS 0142 avinashj) are
interested in working on bugid  5079505

Bug ID -5079505
Synopsis -  Clarification of /etc/syslog.conf comments
Category:Subcategory - utility:logger


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Hi.
I am Rishi M Nair  from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
me (Rishi M Nair) (OS0148 - rishios) and avinash joshi(OS 0142 avinashj) are
interested in working on bugid  5079505

Bug ID -5079505
Synopsis -  Clarification of /etc/syslog.conf comments
Category:Subcategory - utility:logger


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