Stefan Sperling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > * Add patch to ${WRKSRC}/util.c that prevents pptp
> > > > from logging the same stuff into both /var/log/daemon
> > > > and /var/log/messages. Just log to /var/log/daemon.
> >
> > That doesn't sound right. This is a syslog configuration issue.
>
> I don't know, but I don't think so.
> I'm using the default syslog config. Never touched it:
> *.notice;auth,authpriv,cron,ftp,kern,lpr,mail,user.none /var/log/messages
> daemon.info /var/log/daemon
Yes, and that logs messages of facility LOG_DAEMON and priority
LOG_NOTICE to both /var/log/messages and /var/log/daemon. If you
don't like this, see syslog.conf(5).
> pptp is using LOG_NOTICE to log 'normal' messages.
> ppp(8) never uses LOG_NOTICE at all, it uses LOG_INFO instead.
Well, maybe LOG_NOTICE is indeed the wrong priority, but that is a
different argument from changing it as a workaround to reconfiguring
syslogd.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
