Confirmed this locally. strace shows: socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(514), sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.15.71")}, 16) = 0 [...] socket(PF_LOCAL, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 1 connect(1, {sa_family=AF_LOCAL, sun_path="/dev/log"}, 110) = 0 sendto(1, "<38>Aug 19 19:31:26 logger: nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn", 69, MSG_NOSIGNAL, NULL, 0) = 69 close(1) = 0
So a socket is opened to the designated server, then is not used for writing the log message. However, you called this a "regression". I see the same behavior with the version of bsdutils in 14.04.0. This doesn't appear to be a regression in 14.04, it appears to be functionality that has been broken for two years since 14.04 released and went unnoticed until now. So I disagree with the categorization of "high" and think this is not something we will fix in SRU. The bug in question is not present in 16.04 and later, therefore I'm closing this bug as fix released. ** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614976 Title: "logger -n" does not work on ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: == Comment: #0 - SONG YANG <yang...@cn.ibm.com> - 2016-07-26 01:45:14 == ---Problem Description--- "logger -n" does not work on ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Contact Information = yang...@cn.ibm.com ---uname output--- Linux c910f03c17k13 4.2.0-27-generic #32~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 15:31:44 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = ppc64le kvm guest ---Debugger--- A debugger is not configured ---Steps to Reproduce--- root@c910f03c17k13:~# cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="14.04.4 LTS, Trusty Tahr" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS" VERSION_ID="14.04" HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" root@c910f03c17k13:~# uname -a Linux c910f03c17k13 4.2.0-27-generic #32~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 15:31:44 UTC 2016 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux root@c910f03c17k13:~# service rsyslog status rsyslog start/running, process 2662 root@c910f03c17k13:~# logger -n 10.3.17.12 "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" at the same time, the specified log server 10.3.17.12 received nothing: root@c910f03c17k12:~# ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 42:94:0a:03:11:0c inet addr:10.3.17.12 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::4094:aff:fe03:110c/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:19229222 errors:0 dropped:13 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:7993543 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:6070292795 (6.0 GB) TX bytes:23352500478 (23.3 GB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:1565234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1565234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6510383999 (6.5 GB) TX bytes:6510383999 (6.5 GB) virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 86:61:a7:59:05:64 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) root@c910f03c17k12:~# makeconservercf root@c910f03c17k12:~# semanage port -l | grep 514 cluster_port_t tcp 5149, 40040, 50006-50008 cluster_port_t udp 5149, 50006-50008 rsh_port_t tcp 514 syslog_tls_port_t tcp 6514 syslog_tls_port_t udp 6514 syslogd_port_t udp 514 virt_port_t tcp 16509, 16514 virt_port_t udp 16509, 16514 root@c910f03c17k12:~# ip add show 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 42:6b:0a:03:11:0c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 42:94:0a:03:11:0c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.3.17.12/8 brd 10.255.255.255 scope global eth1 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::4094:aff:fe03:110c/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 4: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default link/ether 86:61:a7:59:05:64 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.122.1/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global virbr0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever root@c910f03c17k12:~# tcpdump -A -i eth1 port 514 NOTHING == Comment: #1 - SONG YANG <yang...@cn.ibm.com> - 2016-07-26 01:46:08 == The logger version: ii bsdutils 1:2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7 ppc64el Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite == I do see it works on 14.04.3 : root@ubuntu:~# logger -n 127.0.0.1 "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" root@ubuntu:~# cat /var/log/syslog Aug 2 06:25:02 ubuntu rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="7.4.4" x-pid="498" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] rsyslogd was HUPed Aug 2 06:25:35 ubuntu logger: nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn However, on 16.04, root@Ubuntu-16:~# logger -n 127.0.0.1 "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" root@Ubuntu-16:~# logger -n 10.0.2.15 "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" root@Ubuntu-16:~# find /var/log/ -name \* -type f | xargs grep "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" root@Ubuntu-16:~# Looks like this is a regression. 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