Subj : Re: Syslog
To   : Digital Man
From : dragon
Date : Thu Apr 22 2021 11:23:25

On 4/22/2021 2:02 AM, Digital Man wrote:
>    Re: Re: Syslog
>    By: fusion to Digital Man on Thu Apr 22 2021 01:29 am
> 
>   > On 21 Apr 2021, Digital Man said the following...
>   >
>   >  DM> Synchronet ntsvcs do), bu t I've seen nothing in the Windows APIs
>   >  DM> regarding syslog. But you seem to know a ll about this, so please
>   >  DM> educate me. --
>   >
>   > it would seem the request is to learn how syslog shares log information
>   > between machines, and implement that functionality in Synchronet.
> 
> I'll wait for the requester clarify.
> 

Wow.

My first instinct is to just say "never mind".

....

Syslog is a service that can be installed on any operating system if 
someone bothers to write a server for it.  Most Unix-like operating 
systems have it as part of the default install.

There are Windows syslog servers.  I know, because I've bought them, 
written them, and am running a custom one written entirely in Perl right 
now.

Syslog CLIENTS can write to the local syslog, and/or send data to a 
syslog service running on a different machine.

There is a [Unix] section in sbbs.ini:

[UNIX]
; User/group name to run as
	;User=admin
	;Group=wheel
; Run in background:
	Daemonize=False
; File to create/write-to with process identifier (when daemonized)
	PidFile=/var/run/sbbs.pid
; System log (syslog) facility to use (when daemonized)
; 1 = LOCAL1
; 2 = LOCAL2
; .
; .
; .
; S = Use standard facilities - be sure you understand the
;     consequences of enabling this!
;     man syslog.conf(5) for more information.
; Defaults to using the USER facility.
	LogFacility=User
; syslog identity to use (when daemonized)
	LogIdent=synchronet
; Default file creation mask:
	umask=077

This led me to believe that the *nix version of Synchronet could log to 
the LOCAL syslog service and that you were more familiar with syslogging.

I was asking if you'd consider adding support for sending logs to a 
syslog server on a different machine.  I run the Windows version of 
Synchronet, and my syslog server is on a different machine as it 
services multiple computers/servers.

I apologize if I assumed too much.

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