Re: socklog-unix problem, on netbsd

On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 12:16:10AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
> I've narrowed this as much as I can, but I cannot
> determine why my socklog-unix process is not working
> under NetBSD 3.0. A few times before I've give up at
> this point... socklog-klog works fine.

> it starts okay...
> 
> # cat /var/log/socklog/main/current                                                   
> listening on /dev/log, gid=39, uid=32767, starting.

> But it won't log anything. /dev/log does indeed seem
> the socket syslogd uses, and syslogd is defiantly
> stopped (though it does work when running). Below is
> the output of "truss logger hello" -- any ideas?

Hi, according to

 http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/sys/syslog.h?rev=1.27&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

it might well be /var/run/log instead of /dev/log.  `grep _PATH_LOG
/usr/include/sys/syslog.h` should tell you for your system.

HTH, Gerrit.