Re: [SLUG] Sun Sparcstation5: useful for what ?

[Pete de Zwart]

Around about 2139h 17/09/2003, Terry Collins emitted the following wisdom:
> Linux or Solaris?

Linux.

> If Linux, could you tell me how you set up syslog to accept the remote
> logging?

syslogd needs the -r flag for remote reception, -s yourdomainname.here will
strip the superflous tail part of the domain name of the machines logging
to the logs box.

I've attached my Debian Woody /etc/init.d/sysklogd for people perusal

Good luck,

        Pete de Zwart.

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#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/sysklogd: start the system log daemon.

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

pidfile=/var/run/syslogd.pid
binpath=/sbin/syslogd

test -x $binpath || exit 0

# Options for start/restart the daemons
#   For remote UDP logging use SYSLOGD="-r"
#
SYSLOGD="-r -m 0 -s intranet.froob.net"

create_xconsole()
{
    if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]; then
        mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
    else
        chmod 0640 /dev/xconsole
    fi
    chown root.adm /dev/xconsole
}

running()
{
    # No pidfile, probably no daemon present
    #
    if [ ! -f $pidfile ]
    then
        return 1
    fi

    pid=`cat $pidfile`

    # No pid, probably no daemon present
    #
    if [ -z "$pid" ]
    then
        return 1
    fi

    cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline | tr "\000" "\n"|head -1`

    # No syslogd?
    #
    if [ "$cmd" != "$binpath" ]
    then
        return 1
    fi

    return 0
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting system log daemon: syslogd"
    create_xconsole
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
    echo "."
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping system log daemon: syslogd"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    echo "."
    ;;
  reload|force-reload)
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal 1 --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    ;;
  restart)
    echo -n "Stopping system log daemon: syslogd"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    echo "."
    sleep 1
    echo -n "Starting system log daemon: syslogd"
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
    echo "."
    ;;
  reload-or-restart)
    if running
    then
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal 1 --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    else
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
    fi
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/sysklogd 
{start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload|reload-or-restart}"
    exit 1
esac

exit 0

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