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On behalf of the beta-testers and other members of the Linux INTERNET
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community who have helped shape and debug this package I am pleased to
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announce version 1.3-pl3 of the sysklogd package.
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This package implements two system log daemons. The syslogd daemon is
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an enhanced version of the standard Berkeley utility program. This
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daemon is responsible for providing logging of messages received from
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programs and facilities on the local host as well as from remote
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hosts. The klogd daemon listens to kernel message sources and is
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responsible for prioritizing and processing operating system
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messages. The klogd daemon can run as a client of syslogd or
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optionally as a standalone program.
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This package is the culmination of about two years of experience and
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bug reports on the 1.2 version from both the INTERNET and our
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corporate Linux networks. The utilities in this package should provide
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VERY reliable system logging. Klogd and syslogd have both been stress
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tested in kernel development environments where literally hundreds of
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megabytes of kernel messages have been blasted through them. If either
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utility should fail I would appreciate a report and debug information
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so that the bug can be reproduced and squashed.
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This package includes some major improvements. Some of them are listed
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here:
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* klogd supports on-the-fly kernel address to symbol
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translations. This requires that a valid kernel symbol map be
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found at execution.
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* klogd also supports debugging of protection faults which occur
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in kernel loadable modules.
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* syslogd has better handling of remote logging capabilities.
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* both klogd and syslogd can be controlled through commandline
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options and signals.
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* both daemons are now FSSTND conform.
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* a syslog.conf(5) manpage is now available.
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* Spaces are now accepted in the syslog configuration
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file. This should be a real crowd pleaser.
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* Syslogd now uses dynamic allocation of logging output
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descriptors. There is no longer a static limit on the number
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of log destinations that can be defined.
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* Numerous bug fixes and code cleanups.
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The new release can be obtained from either tsx-11.mit.edu or
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sunsite.unc.edu.
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Thanks again to everyone who has contributed ideas, patches and bug
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reports. Linux has a superior set of logging utilities thanks to
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contributions from the entire community.
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Dr. Greg Wettstein
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Oncology Research Division Computing Facility
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Roger Maris Cancer Center
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greg@wind.enjellic.com
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