syslog to localhost with controlchan

[Russ Allbery]

Katsuhiro Kondou <Katsuhiro_Kondou at isc.org> writes:

> Ah, this reminds me effective patch only for OS X, and
> this works fine.

I'll get this applied; it's a good workaround for now at least.

> Index: control/controlchan.in
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /Users/kondou/news/inn/repository/inn/control/controlchan.in,v
> retrieving revision 1.7
> diff -u -r1.7 controlchan.in
> --- controlchan.in	2002/11/21 00:03:15	1.7
> +++ controlchan.in	2004/01/01 17:52:19
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
>  if ($use_syslog) {
>      eval "sub Sys::Syslog::_PATH_LOG { '/dev/log' }" if $^O eq 'dec_osf';
> -    Sys::Syslog::setlogsock('unix') if $^O =~ /linux|dec_osf/;
> +    Sys::Syslog::setlogsock('unix') if $^O =~ /linux|dec_osf|darwin/;
>      openlog('controlchan', 'pid', $inn::syslog_facility);
>  }
>  logmsg('starting');

> But, I wonder if any unix system whose syslog does not utilize unix
> domain socket.  In another words, cannot any unix system use
> "Sys::Syslog::setlogsock('unix')"?

Solaris may not be able to; I'm not sure.  I'll experiment.  (Solaris uses
a stream device rather than a Unix domain socket.)

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