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From: Jim Duff <jim@bad.invalid>
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Subject: Re: syslog setup
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On 24/6/24 23:56, Paul Coviello wrote:
> Paul Coviello wrote:
>> Jim Duff wrote:
>>> On 23/6/24 08:49, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 6/22/2024 5:57 PM, Jim Duff wrote:
>>>>> On 23/6/24 03:23, Paul Coviello wrote:
>>>>>> Jim Duff wrote:
>>>>>>> [Massive snip]
>>>>>> hmmm what was I expecting!  well it seemed pretty straight forward 
>>>>>> in the PDF that you set it up as it says and it just works, now 
>>>>>> after reading your comments there might be more I have to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll try it on Monday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and the logger test message does work. just trying to get OPCOM to 
>>>>>> connect to it and hopefully your suggestions above I can figure it 
>>>>>> out
>>>>>
>>>>> When you say "just trying to get OPCOM to connect to it" are you 
>>>>> expecting that syslogd will somehow intercept your OPCOM messages 
>>>>> and log them somewhere else?  Because it doesn't do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> It takes syslog messages that match the priorities you have 
>>>>> assigned to forward to OPCOM, in this case local1.err, and does 
>>>>> exactly that, as I demonstrated in the example.
>>>>
>>>> But if one want to send OPCOM messages to syslog then I assume one 
>>>> could:
>>>> * enable terminal as operator terminal
>>>> * run a little utility program that trap broadcasts
>>>>    and send them to syslog
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Arne
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sure, why not?
>>>
>>> https://www.eight-cubed.com/downloads.html#catch_opcom
>>>
>>> will trap the OPCOM messages, and it's a simple matter to open a 
>>> datagram socket and write to the syslog port.
>>>
>>> Jim.
>>
>> Hi Jim I just downloaded the zip file and out of curiosity do I need 
>> 'C' to run this?
>>
>>
> never mind I answered my own question...  it doesn't run on itanium...

You need the C compiler to compile it, yes.  And no idea what "it 
doesn't run on Itanium" means.  I originally wrote it on Alpha, and it's 
been run in production on Alpha and IA64, and tested on x86.

Jim
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