Re: tmpfs

Hej KP,

Am 25.11.24 um 17:28 schrieb KP.Kirchdoerfer:
> Hi,
> 
> first of all, logging is complicated, and maybe even a mess. Historically grown
> from different log routines and programs, as well as some packages providing
> their own mechanisms and so son - I agree this needs more consolidation and
> explanation/documentation.
>

I remember the search for good documentation and the failure because of 
too little knowledge about this part of the game (wifi technology).

Logging did not take much my attention. I took it for granted. hostapd 
was logging to /var/log/hostapd.log an I felt fine with that.


> Am Samstag, 23. November 2024, 23:47:10 CET schrieb Erich Titl:
>> Depending how hostapd is logging. As said before it can log to syslog or
>> to stdout (when not running in background).
>>
>> #
>> # Levels (minimum value for logged events):
>> #  0 = verbose debugging
>> #  1 = debugging
>> #  2 = informational messages
>> #  3 = notification
>> #  4 = warning
>> #
>> logger_syslog=3
>> logger_syslog_level=2
>> logger_stdout=0
>> logger_stdout_level=4
>>
>> You set logger_syslog to -1, no idea what this is. It probably does
>> nothing. Now I don't know where you got these values from. You should
>> use one of the defined methods and levels for syslog to do something
>> reasonable. And no, DAEMON should be rsyslog.
> 
> These values are from hostapd.conf.
> 
> The value  for logger_syslog is documented as follows:
> # Module bitfield (ORed bitfield) of modules that will be logged; -1 = all
> # modules):
> # bit 0 (1) = IEEE 802.11
> # bit 1 (2) = IEEE 802.1X
> # bit 2 (4) = RADIUS
> # bit 3 (8) = WPA
> # bit 4 (16) = driver interface
> # bit 5 (32) = IAPP
> # bit 6 (64) = MLME
> 
> The value logger_syslog_level is linked in rsyslog.conf to the  logfile you
> choose for this log_level.
> 
> here hostapd.conf:
> 
> #Levels (minimum value for logged events):
> #  0 = verbose debugging
> #  1 = debugging
> #  2 = informational messages
> #  3 = notification
> and so on
> 
> and in rsyslog.conf:
> 
> # Some "catch-all" log files.
> #
> *.=debug;\
>          auth,authpriv.none;\
>          news.none;mail.none     -/var/log/debug
> *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
>          auth,authpriv.none;\
>          cron,daemon.none;\
>          mail,news.none          -/var/log/syslog
> 
> Here are my entries for hostapd
> logger_syslog=-1
> logger_syslog_level=2
> 

Fine. So I kicked (commented) off the two lines
#logger_stdout=-1
#logger_stdout_level=2
and remained the rest like on your box.

... and realized a change in behaviour:
While /var/log/hostapd was size 0
-rw-r-----    1 root     adm              0 Nov 22 06:42 hostapd.log
, it is now increasing slowly as expected.

Thanks so far.

> Meaning
> 
> - log all modules
> - log with level "info"
> 
> and looking into rsyslog "info" goes to /var/log/syslog

cannot confirm that.

Boris


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