solaris and logging

[Stephen Lee]

Hi,

I'm one of those running solaris and each time I upgrade OS or
MailScanner there seems to be a problem with logging. I just set up a
new system and the problem cropped up again. I got logging working and
wanted to share my solution with the other solaris admins.

original box
solaris 9
mailscanner 4.25-14
perl 5.6.1

this system started logging after I changed
/opt/Mailscanner/lib/Mailscanner/Log.pm. to make this line execute
Sys::Syslog::setlogsock('stream'); I found that info in the archives.
There is a patch which makes the change for you.

My new box
solaris 9
mailscanner 4.32.5
perl 5.8.3

this system would not log even after the above change. I found something
in perldocs.com which caused me to try this change to the same file.
i changed this
use Sys::Syslog;
to this
use Sys::Syslog qw (:DEFAULT setlogsock);

both systems are now logging.

Good luck with solaris,
Steve
--
Stephen J. Lee                  Saint Joseph's University
Senior Systems Administrator    5600 City Avenue
Networking & Telecommunications Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395
E-mail: lee at sju.edu             Voice: (610) 660-1679
                                Fax: (610) 660-1573

------------------------ MailScanner list ------------------------
To unsubscribe, email jiscmail at jiscmail.ac.uk with the words:
'leave mailscanner' in the body of the email.
Before posting, read the MAQ (http://www.mailscanner.biz/maq/) and
the archives (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mailscanner.html).