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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It seems, in my Linux setup, that syslog sometimes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">concatenates two lines</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. This happens very rarely, but it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">really causes trouble as we use the log files for various statistics.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">An example from the log</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sep 10 04:02:03</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Server</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">xx</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">112</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.135.55 from 00:11:95:8d:63:ac (DI-624) via eth0 <134>Sep 10 04:02:03 dhcpd: DHCPACK on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">xx.112.135.55</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> to 00:11:95:8d:63:ac (DI-624) via eth0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Have anyone of you seen this before.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The (few) times this has happened the sequence <134> is on the place where I would have expected a newline. Also, the log line following</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">immediately</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> after</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> misses the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">server name</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (MyServer in this case)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">after the date stamp</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> the rest of the line looks</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">as expected.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">m running</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ISC server</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">V3.0.6rc2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Red Hat Enterprise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2.6.9-55.x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="sv"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-- Staffan Ungsgard</FONT></SPAN></P>
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