inetutils/syslogd(was Re: configure script hangs when run under user)

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 03:59:37AM +0100, Pixel wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to know whether compiling/making won't be supported to be run by
> > a non-privileged user.
> > By the way it hangs when it attempts to find out where to put syslog.pid
> > 
> > Thanks for an answer if anvance
> 
> I always build as a nonpriviledged user.  Please provide mroe details.

Jeff, I think he meant running syslogd.

No running syslogd as a non-priviledged user will not currently work.
However, the chief syslogd engineer(Marcus Brinkmann 8-) had propose
this idea before.  We did not explore this avenue.

When using libc syslog/openlog/closelog functions, they
will look at the service and contact syslogd at the default port.
So to make this a general logging facility we would have to modify
logger(1) and the syslog(3) suite of functions to provide easy
access for this facility.  This is not rule out, since we could provide
an enhance libsyslog.a for applications that needs it.

But at the current time, pretty much all the dev. off inetutils
are busy with other task, I do not see this coming together anytime
soon.

> > By the way it hangs when it attempts to find out where to put syslog.pid
> > 

check you syslogd manual it should have a switch to redirect syslog.pid
It probably fails or hang on the select()/poll().

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au revoir, alain
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