Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 8 Dec 1996 13:54:12 +1100 (EST) | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: Syslogd not working... |
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On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Filippo Della Betta wrote: > I have Slackware 96 with 2.0.0 kernel and I have problem with syslog daemon. > I get core and no daemon running after 10 seconds I launched syslogd. > I tried to compile again kernel (until 2.0.12 release), but nothing to do... > What could it be ? Did I miss something in the "make config" ?
syslogd prior to 1.3.1 gets segv on a NULL pointer after gethostbyname if the hostname cannot be resolved. Quick fix, ensure your hostname is in /etc/hosts and resolver includes hosts. Slower fix, get a newer sysklogd.
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