(RADIATOR) Global SYSLOG logger

[Matthew Watson]

I've tried it without Facility specified too, and that does not work.

Sys::SysLog works, eg.

perl -MSys::Syslog -e "syslog('debug','test2');"

results in the message being correctly passed to syslog.


Regards,
Matthew Watson
Production Support
Netspace Online Systems
(03) 98110010


On 31/10/2007, at 4:36 PM, Steve Phillips wrote:

> Matthew Watson wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to setup a global syslog logger, In my config i've added
>> <Log SYSLOG>
>> Facility radiusdebug
>> Trace 3
>> </Log>
>
> You will probably find that the facility has to be a valid syslog  
> facility.
>
> looking at the 'logger' man page will give you a list of valid  
> facilitys (its a bit nicer than reading the syslog man pages :-) )
>
>      Valid facility names are: auth, authpriv (for security  
> information of a sensitive nature),
>      cron, daemon, ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news, security (deprecated  
> synonym for auth), syslog,
>      user, uucp, and local0 to local7, inclusive.
>
> It appears that the default Facility is 'user', you may want to  
> check this works by reverting to the default and seeing if you see  
> anything in your /var/log/messages file, if not then a) ensure you  
> have the perl Sys::Syslog installed and h2ph works (from the  
> open.com.au radiator reference manual)
>
> I am guessing changing the Facility to something valid will  
> probably fix your problem tho :-)
>
> (Also, no idea why they say to use a valid facility supported by  
> syslog and then use 'Facility radius' as an example.. Hugh ?)
>
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