Syslog patch problem on Solaris 8?

[Jeff A. Earickson]

Howdy,
  I have patch 110945-06 installed on my mailserver, and mailscannner is
happily chattering away to syslog for me.  I replaced Sun's perl with
5.6.1.  See mailscanner FAQ #1, make sure "-t" isn't a syslog option.
Maybe stop and restart syslog and see if that clears the problem?

** Jeff A. Earickson, Ph.D                         PHONE: 207-872-3659
** Senior UNIX Sysadmin, Information Technology    EMAIL: jaearick at colby.edu
** Colby College, 4214 Mayflower Hill,               FAX: 207-872-3076
** Waterville ME, 04901-8842
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On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Philip Craven wrote:

> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:35:23 +0100
> From: Philip Craven <pcraven at LGU.AC.UK>
> Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Syslog patch problem on Solaris 8?
>
>         We've just built a new server for a new domain and it looks like the
> latest syslogd patch (110945-06) may stop mailscanner logging to syslog.
> Can anyone else confirm this?
>
>         The symptoms are that sendmail logs as normal but mailscanner though
> running and processing normally, logs absolutely nothing.
>
>         We are using the perl (5.005_03) which comes with Solaris 8 and have
> used sucessfully on other servers. Backing out the syslogd patch appears
> to cure the problem.
>
> --
> Philip Craven
> Senior Systems Officer (UNIX)
> ICT Services, Academic Services
> London Guildhall University
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