Pretty sure you can accomplish your goal by using "named pipes" in syslogd.conf. Although It may require some scripting to read from the pipe and mail the message. -T > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Dixon > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:50 AM > To: Red Hat Mailing List > Subject: Email via syslog > > It appears that the stock linux syslog (sysklogd) does not support > email delivery for facilities. As far as I can tell, it can only send > to users (tty), loghosts, files or named pipes (fifo, not shell). I > see no ability to actually send email to internal or external users. > Can someone confirm this for me? > > P.S. Yes, I expect that something like syslog-ng can do this. I just > want to know for certain that sysklogd can not. I'm disappointed, as > this seems like an obvious feature. > > P.P.S. I'm not interested in parsing utilities (i.e. logwatch). At > this point, I'm on a fact-finding mission. > > Thanks, > > -- > Jason Dixon > DixonGroup Consulting > http://www.dixongroup.net > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
