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From: Reinhard Tartler <siretart@tauware.de>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:43:58 +0200
Subject: change default syslog facility from LOG_LOCAL6 to LOG_DAEMON
---
docs/docbook/adminguide.xml | 6 ++++++
lib/bbstored/BackupStoreDaemon.cpp | 2 +-
lib/common/Logging.cpp | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/docs/docbook/adminguide.xml
+++ b/docs/docbook/adminguide.xml
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@
<para><emphasis role="bold">Note:</emphasis> Separators must be tabs,
otherwise these entries will be ignored.</para>
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Note2:</emphasis> The packaged
+ debian and ubuntu versions of boxbackup do not log to local6,
+ but to the more standard 'daemon' facility. This means you
+ should not have anything to do to your syslog configuration,
+ since it is configured to be logged by default.</para>
+
<programlisting>touch /var/log/box
touch /var/log/raidfile</programlisting>
--- a/lib/bbstored/BackupStoreDaemon.cpp
+++ b/lib/bbstored/BackupStoreDaemon.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
SetProcessTitle("housekeeping, idle");
whichSocket = 1;
// Change the log name
- ::openlog("bbstored/hk", LOG_PID, LOG_LOCAL6);
+ ::openlog("bbstored/hk", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
// Log that housekeeping started
BOX_INFO("Housekeeping process started");
// Ignore term and hup
--- a/lib/common/Logging.cpp
+++ b/lib/common/Logging.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
return true;
}
-Syslog::Syslog() : mFacility(LOG_LOCAL6)
+Syslog::Syslog() : mFacility(LOG_DAEMON)
{
::openlog("Box Backup", LOG_PID, mFacility);
}
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@
#undef CASE_RETURN
BOX_ERROR("Unknown log facility '" << rFacility << "', "
- "using default LOCAL6");
- return LOG_LOCAL6;
+ "using default DAEMON");
+ return LOG_DAEMON;
}
bool FileLogger::Log(Log::Level Level, const std::string& file, int line,
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