Re: bin/58558: syslog.conf(5) man page example does not work.

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On 8/7/2024 at 2:35 PM, "Michael van Elst" <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
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>The following reply was made to PR bin/58558; it has been noted by 
>GNATS.
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>From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
>To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
>Cc: 
>Subject: Re: bin/58558: syslog.conf(5) man page example does not 
>work.
>Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:31:03 -0000 (UTC)
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> xover2391%hush.com@localhost writes:
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> >Yes, I am aware of this. Of the four lines I added to 
>/etc/syslog.conf, I am assuming that it only matters to the last 
>one, and the space between the *.* and /var/log/foreign is tabs 
>not spaces.
> 
> I have configured something similar (netbsd-10/i386) and it just 
>works.
> One difference is that I don't use the !* program specification. 
>It's
> 
> +@
> ... local rules here ...
> -@
> ... remote rules here ...
> 
> And I tested that adding !* like in the example doesn't change 
>the behaviour.

Although I'm trying to get the syslog messages from a HP network switch written to a separate file in /var/log on a NetBSD-10/amd64 server, I'm happy to try different things to try and figure out what's going wrong with that. I can do what you've suggested, and also try doing it from a computer running NetBSD, and to a server running NetBSD/i386, to see if I can get the same results. If I can get success with that, I can then try and sort out the problem with the HP switch.

I can try this out next week when I am back on-site.

Thanks.