Re: 19991129: local0 facility

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Unidata Support wrote:

> >To: address@hidden
> >From: Phil Mieczynski <address@hidden>
> >Subject: local0 facility
> >Organization: .
> >Keywords: 199911292356.QAA21707
> 
> 
> Hi Robb,
> 
> I've been loading the HP-UX 10.20 binary distribution of LDM on several of our
> platforms. I just ran into a problem when trying to load the binary on a HP-UX
> 10.20 box that is running an application that is already using the local0
> facility to log messages to a non-ldm file.
> 
> The LDM Installation instructions say to add the following entry to
> /etc/syslog.conf
>        local0.debug /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldmd.log
> 
> The problem is that the /etc/syslog.conf file on the box in question already 
> has
>        local0.debug /data/logs/dnlog
> 
> I've spoken to the developer's of the dn app and they tell me that 
> local0.debug
> is hard coded into the application and would require a recompilation of the
> source to make a change. In other words, cows will fly before changes are made
> to this particular source code.
> 
> My question is, can the local0 facility be changed on the binary distribution 
> of
> LDM that I currently have? If not, what options do I have?
> 

Phil,

The local0 cannot be changed in the LDM binary release, it's hard coded as
well.  There are 2 options, 

- use :

local0.debug /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldmd.log in syslog.conf and expect the
log messages from the dn app to also be in the log file. This usually
isn't a problem if the dn app doesn't have many messages.

- Build the LDM from source, in src/ulog.h

change:

ulog.h:#define LOG_LDM LOG_LOCAL0

to

ulog.h:#define LOG_LDM LOG_LOCAL1

Then change the syslog.conf to local1 for the LDM

Robb...


> Thanks...Phil
> 

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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