Re: bin/58558: syslog.conf(5) man page example does not work.

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Subject: Re: bin/58558: syslog.conf(5) man page example does not work.
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 06:03:40 +0000

 On 8/7/2024 at 2:35 PM, "Michael van Elst" <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
 >
 >The following reply was made to PR bin/58558; it has been noted by 
 >GNATS.
 >
 >From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
 >To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 >Cc: 
 >Subject: Re: bin/58558: syslog.conf(5) man page example does not 
 >work.
 >Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:31:03 -0000 (UTC)
 >
 > xover2391%hush.com@localhost writes:
 > 
 > >Yes, I am aware of this. Of the four lines I added to 
 >/etc/syslog.conf, I am assuming that it only matters to the last 
 >one, and the space between the *.* and /var/log/foreign is tabs 
 >not spaces.
 > 
 > I have configured something similar (netbsd-10/i386) and it just 
 >works.
 > One difference is that I don't use the !* program specification. 
 >It's
 > 
 > +@
 > ... local rules here ...
 > -@
 > ... remote rules here ...
 > 
 > And I tested that adding !* like in the example doesn't change 
 >the behaviour.
 
 Although I'm trying to get the syslog messages from a HP network switch written to a separate file in /var/log on a NetBSD-10/amd64 server, I'm happy to try different things to try and figure out what's going wrong with that. I can do what you've suggested, and also try doing it from a computer running NetBSD, and to a server running NetBSD/i386, to see if I can get the same results. If I can get success with that, I can then try and sort out the problem with the HP switch.
 
 I can try this out next week when I am back on-site.
 
 Thanks.