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On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 20:36, Martin Schlemmer wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 18:37, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:17:48PM +0100, Mikael Hallendal wrote: |
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> > > IMHO we should have a "default" one or at least one that we recommend. |
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> > > Most people doesn't really care as long as it just works, and by making |
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> > > people make the descission while installing only confuses lots of |
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> > > people. |
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> > > So, we should do either of two schemes: |
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> > > 1) Install a default one and make a note in the documents that you can |
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> > > change it. |
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> > We'll probably take this approach. Unfortunately, I haven't had time |
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> > to evaluate them, so I'm hoping to get feedback on metalog and syslog-ng |
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> > from users. |
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> Personally I like sysklogd, as it is clean and easy to |
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> configure (not overly complex) and should fullfill the |
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> needs of most users. It is also fairly configured out of |
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> the box, and comes with a simlple logrotate script. |
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> Another point is that ours is configured to limit the |
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> logging to console, so no 'unasked for' logs while busy |
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> on irc, etc. |
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Forgot to add: since it is used by most distro as default |
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(as far as I know), it should be familiar to most. |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |