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102 lines
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Version 1.3
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Numerous changes, performance enhancements, code cleanups and bug fixes.
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Too many to individually summarize. Have a look at the top of each
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source file for more information.
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** Default behavior of sysklogd is not to accept any message that
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is sent via syslog/udp. To allow remote reception add -r to the
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command-line arguments.
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** Spaces are now accepted in the syslog configuration file. This
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should be a real crowd pleaser.
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syslogd now uses dynamic allocation of logging output descriptors.
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There is no longer a static limit on the number of log destinations
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that can be defined.
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klogd supports on-the-fly kernel address to symbol translations.
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This requires that a valid kernel symbol map be found at execution.
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** The default level for console log messages was changed to 6. This
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means that kernel messages with a priority less than or equal to 5
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(KERN_NOTICE) will be logged to the console.
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This item has been flagged because it results in a behavior
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change which will be different if version 1.3 replaces an
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existing 1.2 binary. Linus strongly suggested that this
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behavior be changed and in the 1.3.3x kernels Linus in fact
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made it impossible to set the console log level lower than
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about 5.
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There were good reasons from his perspective for doing so.
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The most troublesome being that user's of packaged
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distributions were not able to generate register dumps with
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the kernel debugging keys, most notably altgr-SCRLCK.
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If a kernels prior to 1.3.3x are being used the klogd daemon
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invocation must be changed to something like: klogd -c 1
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This will turn off logging of kernel messages to the console.
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If you understand the ramifications of this the 1.3.3x kernels
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can be patched to allow the suppression of console log
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messages. It is important to be cognizant of the effects of
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these changes. None the least of which is that Linus and Alan
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will yell at you if you complain about not being able to
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generate kernel debugging information.. :-)
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Version 1.2
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Fixes to both klogd and syslogd so that the package will compile without
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errors due to the vararg procedures.
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Modified pid files produced so that the names of the files are
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klogd.pid and syslogd.pid respectively.
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Fixed bug in klogd which prevented output from being directed to a file
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when the program was compiled to auto-background itself. In the
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auto-backgrounding configuration the forked process was closing all its
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file descriptors which was causing the errant behavior.
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Modified signal handling in klogd so that all signal are set to ignored
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before establishing specific signal handlers.
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Fixed bug in syslogd which was causing a delay in opening of the /dev/log
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UNIX domain socket. This should correct the race condition which was
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preventing klogd from properly logging kernel messages when the two
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daemons were started in rapid succession.
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Modified the closing/opening of file descriptors when syslogd was
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compiled with auto-backgrounding support. Closes the potential for
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a somewhat obscure bug caused by the /dev/log socket being opened on
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fd 0.
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Changed the names of the man pages from an extension of 1 to 8.
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Version 1.1
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Extensive changes and additional functionality added to klogd. Please
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see sources and man-pages for documentation.
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Fixed bugs in both syslogd and klogd with respect to fragmented
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message re-assembly. Bootup messages should now be display properly.
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Fixed bug in syslogd which prevented proper logging of messages with
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priority classes of none and emerg.
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Fixed bug which caused core dump when messages were logged to users.
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Also fixed bug with messages to login type of LOGIN.
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Fixed problem with zombies being left when messages were logged to
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multiple users.
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Enhanced functionality of syslog_tst program.
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Added man-pages.
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Version 1.0
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Initial release.
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