On 7/8/05, M. Schatzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there a reason why the OpenBSD-shipped syslogd cannot write > directly into a pipe? This would come in quite handy for just-in-time > log-processing. > > In this case, its a script scanning for invalid ssh-logins invoked by > auth.info. It then appends the IP to a lockout-table via pfctl. > > Well, I know that I can always read from a buffer, but that demands me > to trigger the reading myself.
sysutils/syslog-ng in ports is perfect for this. cheers, Nickus

