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

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