Re: [bug-inetutils] some suggestions to syslog.conf

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   hello

   i found a syslog.conf manual on the net--to whatever syslogd package
   that may fit--that describes filters for 'programs' and 'hostnames',
   like:

    # Save ftpd transactions along with mail and news
        !ftpd
        *.*      /var/log/spoolerr

The above to me would log everything execpt ftpd messages to
/var/log/spoolerr.  Wouldn't it be easier to just write:

 ftpd.*,mail.*,news.* /var/log/spoolerr


    # Save forwards from hostname
        +hostname
        *.*      /var/log/hostname

What are forwards in this case?

   what do you think?

I think it sounds complicated, I've used syslogd for years and years
and never saw a need for something like this.  Could you explain to us
what you are trying to solve exactly?

You could easily solve this using M4 though.