Problem with Sys::Syslog

Dave English paulo at turnpike.com
Tue Oct 1 12:45:09 IST 2002


In message <3D889721.D2F0D2A0 at di.unito.it>, Rabellino Sergio 
<rabellino at DI.UNITO.IT> writes
>Dave English wrote:
>>
>> When I try to run my mailscanner on Solaris 8 with Perl 5.6.1, it fails
>> with this message:
>>
>> # ./check_mailscanner
>> Starting virus scanner...
>> connect: No such file or directory (SOCK_DGRAM after trying SOCK_STREAM)
>> at /opt/mailscanner/bin/logger.pl line 75
>> #

>> Does anyone have any idea where I should start?
>>
>Try to change "unix" to "inet" on line 44 inside logger.pl
>
>It's an old problem of solaris syslog, where is not defined the path 
>for the syslog unix socket (unused for a normal solaris
>installation...as I know...)

Thanks, that did indeed do the job.

In message <5.1.0.14.2.20020918161232.02c70560 at imap.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, 
Julian Field <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK> writes
>At 15:45 18/09/2002, you wrote:

>Start by getting h2ph to run, to ensure all your .ph files are up to date
>(and exist).
>        cd /usr/include; h2ph -r -l .
>though you will probably have to find your copy of h2ph first and put the
>full pathname in the command above. Don't forget the "." on the end of the
>command.
>
>If that doesn't fix it, then
>        perl -MCPAN -e shell
>        install Sys::Syslog
>and see if it finds a newer Syslog module for you. If it starts upgrading
>perl (loads and loads of cc commands) then stop it doing it.

Not to say that one of those might not have been better.

Regards
-- 
Dave English,
Client Software Development, Thus PLC,
Dorking Business Park, DORKING, Surrey, UK. RH4 1HJ
                                 http://www.thus.net
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