Re: Log Question

Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com>:
> I just upgraded the following packages this morning from testing:
>
> [UPGRADE] console-data 2:1.02-2 -> 2:1.03-1
> [UPGRADE] dictionaries-common 0.85.2 -> 0.86.2
> [UPGRADE] razor 2.810-2 -> 1:2.84-1
>
> I am using MIMEDefang with Sendmail to do mail filtering. Here is a
> copy of one of those logs from MIMEDefang:
>
> Oct 28 04:15:02 apple mimedefang.pl[12585]: greylist: white; 0;
> 82.118.211.*; dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org; *@stikman.com;
>
> Those are put into my /var/log/maillog log file.
>
> After the upgrade, the above log line looks like this:
>
> Oct 28 09:44:18 apple check[5889]: greylist: white; 0; 70.103.162.*;
> bounce-debian-user=jeff=stikman.com@lists.debian.org; *@stikman.com;
>
> And, the lines are now put in /var/log/messages.
>
> If you notice it says the process is now check instead of mimedefang.pl
> sending the output. How come that changed? I have restarted mimedefang
> and sysklogd, but no change.

I would guess the install changed syslog.conf. Did you accept the maintainer's version, or keep your own?

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