Re: change to syslog to allow specifying prot to send to..

From: Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:52:58 -0700
Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:

> On Apr 4, 2006, at 8:35 PM, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
>> Does anyone think that  this would be useful?
>>
>> the syslog.conf line would look like:
>>
>>
>> *.*                         _at_logger.mynet.com:823
>
>
> Off the top of my head, there are two scenarios that I see this  
> useful in:
> - Forwarding log messages to a secure syslog server, on a non- 
> privileged port (I think everyone agrees that reducing the number of  
> root-run services is a good thing).
> - Logging to a remote syslog over a local port, forwarded over an ssh  
> tunnel (To an off-site centralized logging server, for example),  
> while still having local logging enabled.
>
> I have been looking for this type of functionality for a little while  
> now. I was about to look into coding it. Thanks! :)


the first part of the patch is not required....  Included by accident.

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