> > >On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Eugene Vilensky > <evilen...@gmail.com>= > > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Is syslog-ng available for OpenSolaris, through > IPS or otherwise? = > >=A0If > >> I were to build it, is there an "easy" metapackage > for the build > >> system, maybe analogous to Red Hat's > rpmbuild+dependencies or Debia= > >n's > >> "build-essential" metapackage? > > > >I doubt that if it were installed on OpenSolaris > that it would work > >for processing logs for local programs. This is > because the things > >that do the logging are going to use libc's > implementation of > >syslog(3C), which logs via a door (see > libdoor(3lib)). Doors are > >unique to [Open]Solaris and as such syslog-ng is > unlikely to be > >listening for log messages at /etc/.syslog_door. > > > Solaris Syslog doesn't log using a door. > > Solaris logs on "/dev/conslog" but uses the door only > to determine if the > syslogd is running. > > Casper
I always wondered at the sanity of using a door for this purpose. Gary -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
