bad defaults in /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
rsyslog (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
xconsole (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
rsyslog includes the following commented-out example which is wrong:
#daemon,mail.*;\
# news.=crit;
# *.=debug;*.=info;\
# *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty8
This doesn't work unless you prefix /dev/tty8 with '|'
Also, the following is uncommented by default:
daemon.*;mail.*;\
news.err;\
And xconsole is not installed by default, so this causes a warning on rsyslog startup:
Nov 6 01:50:03 virgil rsyslogd-2039: Could not open output pipe '/dev/xconsole' [try http://
The latter should just be commented out. The former is maybe something that should be fixed in the code (why should we need to specify a special '|' character for a device file?)
Changed in rsyslog (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.