Facilities of syslogd are associated to a particular file. So, in my application there are 20 tasks which needs to have a separate log file for every task. So, mapping every task to one facility fills my requirement. So, this is the reason I want to extend the facilities of level LOGLOCAL0-7. Coming to previous question, the purpose is to fulfill the above requirement. Thanks, Sri. On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:23 PM, <david@xxxxxxx> wrote: > the problem is that in the syslog spec, the facility and severity get > combined into one 8 bit field (one of the two only has 12 values defined > instead of 16, but I don't remember off the top of my head which one) > > so extending this is creating a new protocol. > > also, the reason I was talking about filtering is that other than filtering, > what purpose is there in settng the facility? > > David Lang > > On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, Sri Ram Vemulpali wrote: > >> Thanks for the replies. My question is more on how to extend >> facilities, rather on how to filter the messages. It seems there is a >> code in the toolchain syslog.h where the array representing the >> facilities needs to be extended. Please correct me if I am wrong. >> >> Sri. >> >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:41 PM, <david@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> you would be creating a completely different over-the-wire protocol for >>> your >>> syslog messages. >>> >>> however, note that newer syslog daemons (syslog-ng and rsyslog for >>> example) >>> allow you to do filtering on just about anything in the message, not just >>> the facility and severity. >>> >>> David Lang >>> >>> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Sri Ram Vemulpali wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:11:59 -0400 >>>> From: Sri Ram Vemulpali <sri.ram.gmu06@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: linux-kernel-mail <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, >>>> linux-newbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: Question on syslogd and syslog >>>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I am looking to modify number of facilities available in syslog so >>>> that for my application I can have much more array of them at disposal >>>> of my need. So currently only LOG_LOCAL0 - LOG_LOCAL7 are defined for >>>> user, what if I want to extend them, is there a way I can extend them. >>>> Or should I go ahead and modify the source code of syslog. Can any >>>> please point me in right direction and where can I get syslogd and >>>> syslog source code. Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > -- Regards, Sri. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
