Subj : Re: Moving SBBS logging o
To   : DAN CLOUGH
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sat Feb 17 2024 10:24 am

>  DW> Several years ago I set my BBS up to write the log to syslog.
>  DW> Recently, some shit for brains decided that having syslog was
>  DW> "bad" so now there is no easy way to just load syslog and search
>  DW> it.

>  DW> I want to revert back to having Synchronet keeps its own log.
>  DW> How do I do that?

> I am using Slackware Linux, and in my /etc/syslog.conf I've added this
> near the bottom of the file:

Sounds like maybe Slackware Linux, or at least the version you are running,
has not switched over to systemd?  That happened a few debian versions ago.
 With the latest version, they've replaced rsyslog with some systemd
journaling.  I can learn some new tool(s) to get to the syslog output I
want, *IF* they worked as documented which they do not here.

> # Synchronet BBS logging - added by Dan C. 2/17/19
> local3.*                        -/var/log/sbbs.log

> The "3" on the end of the "local" keyword is because I've also changed
> my /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini to have this in the [UNIX] section at the bottom:

> ; Defaults to using the USER facility.
>     LogFacility = 3

> The result of these two settings produces my log in /var/log/sbbs.log

> Hope that helps!

I may have to reinstall rsyslog and live with the syslog output being both
written to file and (maybe) journaled (although it does not really appear
to be like it is supposed to be).


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