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Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995

From: mouse () Collatz McRCIM McGill EDU (der Mouse)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 20:40:04 -0400


[about the syslog(3) problem]

[many good points, but...]
* nfsd in kernel?  It does quite a lot logging if nfsdebug is turned
  on.


But it does it via /dev/klog (or equivalent), not via syslog(3), thus
it is not a danger any more than frobbing syslog.conf is a cure.

                                        der Mouse

                            mouse () collatz mcrcim mcgill edu

Current thread:

Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Christian Wettergren (Aug 29)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Perry E. Metzger (Aug 29)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Slava Kritov (Aug 30)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 der Mouse (Aug 31)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Tim Scanlon (Sep 02)
  - Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Slava Kritov (Sep 05)
  - Discovery: Gain access to root on Linux via NIS Ken Weaverling (Sep 05)
    - Re: Discovery: Gain access to root on Linux via NIS Alan Hannan (Sep 07)
- Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Neil Woods (Sep 04)
  - Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 System Administrator (Sep 11)
    - Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Neil Woods (Sep 12)
    - Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 Karl Strickland (Sep 13)
    - Re: [8lgm]-Advisory-22.UNIX.syslog.2-Aug-1995 System Administrator (Sep 14)
  - Livingston bugs... Jay 'Whip' Grizzard (Sep 12)

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