package Sys::Syslog;
-require 5.000;
-require Exporter;
-require DynaLoader;
+use strict;
+use warnings::register;
use Carp;
+use Fcntl qw(O_WRONLY);
+use File::Basename;
+use POSIX qw(strftime setlocale LC_TIME);
+use Socket ':all';
+require 5.005;
+require Exporter;
-@ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
-@EXPORT = qw(openlog closelog setlogmask syslog);
-@EXPORT_OK = qw(setlogsock);
-$VERSION = '0.01';
-
-use Socket;
-use Sys::Hostname;
-
-# adapted from syslog.pl
-#
-# Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.com>
-# modified to use sockets by Larry Wall <lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
-# NOTE: openlog now takes three arguments, just like openlog(3)
-# Modified to add UNIX domain sockets by Sean Robinson <robinson_s@sc.maricopa.edu>
-# with support from Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> and the perl5-porters mailing list
-# Modified to use an XS backend instead of syslog.ph by Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
-
-# Todo: enable connect to try all three types before failing (auto setlogsock)?
-
-=head1 NAME
-
-Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
-
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Sys::Syslog; # all except setlogsock, or:
- use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock); # default set, plus setlogsock
-
- setlogsock $sock_type;
- openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility;
- syslog $priority, $format, @args;
- $oldmask = setlogmask $mask_priority;
- closelog;
-
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
-Sys::Syslog is an interface to the UNIX C<syslog(3)> program.
-Call C<syslog()> with a string priority and a list of C<printf()> args
-just like C<syslog(3)>.
-
-Syslog provides the functions:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility
-
-I<$ident> is prepended to every message.
-I<$logopt> contains zero or more of the words I<pid>, I<ndelay>, I<cons>, I<nowait>.
-I<$facility> specifies the part of the system
-
-=item syslog $priority, $format, @args
-
-If I<$priority> permits, logs I<($format, @args)>
-printed as by C<printf(3V)>, with the addition that I<%m>
-is replaced with C<"$!"> (the latest error message).
-
-=item setlogmask $mask_priority
-
-Sets log mask I<$mask_priority> and returns the old mask.
-
-=item setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02)
-
-Sets the socket type to be used for the next call to
-C<openlog()> or C<syslog()> and returns TRUE on success,
-undef on failure.
+{ no strict 'vars';
+ $VERSION = '0.21';
+ @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-A value of 'unix' will connect to the UNIX domain socket returned by the
-C<_PATH_LOG> macro (if you system defines it) in F<syslog.h>. A value of
-'inet' will connect to an INET socket returned by getservbyname(). If
-C<_PATH_LOG> is unavailable or if getservbyname() fails, returns undef. Any
-other value croaks.
+ %EXPORT_TAGS = (
+ standard => [qw(openlog syslog closelog setlogmask)],
+ extended => [qw(setlogsock)],
+ macros => [
+ # levels
+ qw(
+ LOG_ALERT LOG_CRIT LOG_DEBUG LOG_EMERG LOG_ERR
+ LOG_INFO LOG_NOTICE LOG_WARNING
+ ),
-The default is for the INET socket to be used.
+ # standard facilities
+ qw(
+ LOG_AUTH LOG_AUTHPRIV LOG_CRON LOG_DAEMON LOG_FTP LOG_KERN
+ LOG_LOCAL0 LOG_LOCAL1 LOG_LOCAL2 LOG_LOCAL3 LOG_LOCAL4
+ LOG_LOCAL5 LOG_LOCAL6 LOG_LOCAL7 LOG_LPR LOG_MAIL LOG_NEWS
+ LOG_SYSLOG LOG_USER LOG_UUCP
+ ),
+ # Mac OS X specific facilities
+ qw( LOG_INSTALL LOG_LAUNCHD LOG_NETINFO LOG_RAS LOG_REMOTEAUTH ),
+ # modern BSD specific facilities
+ qw( LOG_CONSOLE LOG_NTP LOG_SECURITY ),
+ # IRIX specific facilities
+ qw( LOG_AUDIT LOG_LFMT ),
-=item closelog
+ # options
+ qw(
+ LOG_CONS LOG_PID LOG_NDELAY LOG_NOWAIT LOG_ODELAY LOG_PERROR
+ ),
-Closes the log file.
+ # others macros
+ qw(
+ LOG_FACMASK LOG_NFACILITIES LOG_PRIMASK
+ LOG_MASK LOG_UPTO
+ ),
+ ],
+ );
-=back
+ @EXPORT = (
+ @{$EXPORT_TAGS{standard}},
+ );
-Note that C<openlog> now takes three arguments, just like C<openlog(3)>.
+ @EXPORT_OK = (
+ @{$EXPORT_TAGS{extended}},
+ @{$EXPORT_TAGS{macros}},
+ );
-=head1 EXAMPLES
+ eval {
+ require XSLoader;
+ XSLoader::load('Sys::Syslog', $VERSION);
+ 1
+ } or do {
+ require DynaLoader;
+ push @ISA, 'DynaLoader';
+ bootstrap Sys::Syslog $VERSION;
+ };
+}
- openlog($program, 'cons,pid', 'user');
- syslog('info', 'this is another test');
- syslog('mail|warning', 'this is a better test: %d', time);
- closelog();
- syslog('debug', 'this is the last test');
+#
+# Public variables
+#
+use vars qw($host); # host to send syslog messages to (see notes at end)
- setlogsock('unix');
- openlog("$program $$", 'ndelay', 'user');
- syslog('notice', 'fooprogram: this is really done');
+#
+# Global variables
+#
+use vars qw($facility);
+my $connected = 0; # flag to indicate if we're connected or not
+my $syslog_send; # coderef of the function used to send messages
+my $syslog_path = undef; # syslog path for "stream" and "unix" mechanisms
+my $syslog_xobj = undef; # if defined, holds the external object used to send messages
+my $transmit_ok = 0; # flag to indicate if the last message was transmited
+my $current_proto = undef; # current mechanism used to transmit messages
+my $ident = ''; # identifiant prepended to each message
+$facility = ''; # current facility
+my $maskpri = LOG_UPTO(&LOG_DEBUG); # current log mask
- setlogsock('inet');
- $! = 55;
- syslog('info', 'problem was %m'); # %m == $! in syslog(3)
+my %options = (
+ ndelay => 0,
+ nofatal => 0,
+ nowait => 0,
+ perror => 0,
+ pid => 0,
+);
-=head1 SEE ALSO
+# Default is now to first use the native mechanism, so Perl programs
+# behave like other normal Unix programs, then try other mechanisms.
+my @connectMethods = qw(native tcp udp unix pipe stream console);
+if ($^O =~ /^(freebsd|linux)$/) {
+ @connectMethods = grep { $_ ne 'udp' } @connectMethods;
+}
-L<syslog(3)>
+# use EventLog on Win32
+my $is_Win32 = $^O =~ /Win32/i;
-=head1 AUTHOR
+if (eval "use Sys::Syslog::Win32; 1") {
+ unshift @connectMethods, 'eventlog';
+} elsif ($is_Win32) {
+ warn $@;
+}
-Tom Christiansen E<lt>F<tchrist@perl.com>E<gt> and Larry Wall
-E<lt>F<larry@wall.org>E<gt>.
+$@ = "";
-UNIX domain sockets added by Sean Robinson
-E<lt>F<robinson_s@sc.maricopa.edu>E<gt> with support from Tim Bunce
-E<lt>F<Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>E<gt> and the perl5-porters mailing list.
+my @defaultMethods = @connectMethods;
+my @fallbackMethods = ();
-Dependency on F<syslog.ph> replaced with XS code by Tom Hughes
-E<lt>F<tom@compton.nu>E<gt>.
+# coderef for a nicer handling of errors
+my $err_sub = $options{nofatal} ? \&warnings::warnif : \&croak;
-=cut
sub AUTOLOAD {
# This AUTOLOAD is used to 'autoload' constants from the constant()
# XS function.
-
+ no strict 'vars';
my $constname;
- our $AUTOLOAD;
($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
- croak "& not defined" if $constname eq 'constant';
- my $val = constant($constname);
- if ($! != 0) {
- croak "Your vendor has not defined Sys::Syslog macro $constname";
- }
+ croak "Sys::Syslog::constant() not defined" if $constname eq 'constant';
+ my ($error, $val) = constant($constname);
+ croak $error if $error;
+ no strict 'refs';
*$AUTOLOAD = sub { $val };
goto &$AUTOLOAD;
}
-bootstrap Sys::Syslog $VERSION;
-
-$maskpri = &LOG_UPTO(&LOG_DEBUG);
sub openlog {
- ($ident, $logopt, $facility) = @_; # package vars
- $lo_pid = $logopt =~ /\bpid\b/;
- $lo_ndelay = $logopt =~ /\bndelay\b/;
- $lo_cons = $logopt =~ /\bcons\b/;
- $lo_nowait = $logopt =~ /\bnowait\b/;
- return 1 unless $lo_ndelay;
- &connect;
+ ($ident, my $logopt, $facility) = @_;
+
+ # default values
+ $ident ||= basename($0) || getlogin() || getpwuid($<) || 'syslog';
+ $logopt ||= '';
+ $facility ||= LOG_USER();
+
+ for my $opt (split /\b/, $logopt) {
+ $options{$opt} = 1 if exists $options{$opt}
+ }
+
+ $err_sub = $options{nofatal} ? \&warnings::warnif : \&croak;
+ return 1 unless $options{ndelay};
+ connect_log();
}
sub closelog {
$facility = $ident = '';
- &disconnect;
+ disconnect_log();
}
sub setlogmask {
- local($oldmask) = $maskpri;
- $maskpri = shift;
+ my $oldmask = $maskpri;
+ $maskpri = shift unless $_[0] == 0;
$oldmask;
}
sub setlogsock {
- local($setsock) = shift;
- &disconnect if $connected;
- if (lc($setsock) eq 'unix') {
- if (length _PATH_LOG()) {
- $sock_type = 1;
+ my $setsock = shift;
+ $syslog_path = shift;
+ disconnect_log() if $connected;
+ $transmit_ok = 0;
+ @fallbackMethods = ();
+ @connectMethods = @defaultMethods;
+
+ if (ref $setsock eq 'ARRAY') {
+ @connectMethods = @$setsock;
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'stream') {
+ if (not defined $syslog_path) {
+ my @try = qw(/dev/log /dev/conslog);
+
+ if (length &_PATH_LOG) { # Undefined _PATH_LOG is "".
+ unshift @try, &_PATH_LOG;
+ }
+
+ for my $try (@try) {
+ if (-w $try) {
+ $syslog_path = $try;
+ last;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (not defined $syslog_path) {
+ warnings::warnif "stream passed to setlogsock, but could not find any device";
+ return undef
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (not -w $syslog_path) {
+ warnings::warnif "stream passed to setlogsock, but $syslog_path is not writable";
+ return undef;
+ } else {
+ @connectMethods = qw(stream);
+ }
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'unix') {
+ if (length _PATH_LOG() || (defined $syslog_path && -w $syslog_path)) {
+ $syslog_path = _PATH_LOG() unless defined $syslog_path;
+ @connectMethods = qw(unix);
} else {
- return undef;
+ warnings::warnif 'unix passed to setlogsock, but path not available';
+ return undef;
+ }
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'pipe') {
+ for my $path ($syslog_path, &_PATH_LOG, "/dev/log") {
+ next unless defined $path and length $path and -w $path;
+ $syslog_path = $path;
+ last
+ }
+
+ if (not $syslog_path) {
+ warnings::warnif "pipe passed to setlogsock, but path not available";
+ return undef
}
- } elsif (lc($setsock) eq 'inet') {
- if (getservbyname('syslog','udp')) {
- undef($sock_type);
+
+ @connectMethods = qw(pipe);
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'native') {
+ @connectMethods = qw(native);
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'eventlog') {
+ if (eval "use Win32::EventLog; 1") {
+ @connectMethods = qw(eventlog);
} else {
+ warnings::warnif "eventlog passed to setlogsock, but no Win32 API available";
+ $@ = "";
return undef;
}
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'tcp') {
+ if (getservbyname('syslog', 'tcp') || getservbyname('syslogng', 'tcp')) {
+ @connectMethods = qw(tcp);
+ } else {
+ warnings::warnif "tcp passed to setlogsock, but tcp service unavailable";
+ return undef;
+ }
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'udp') {
+ if (getservbyname('syslog', 'udp')) {
+ @connectMethods = qw(udp);
+ } else {
+ warnings::warnif "udp passed to setlogsock, but udp service unavailable";
+ return undef;
+ }
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'inet') {
+ @connectMethods = ( 'tcp', 'udp' );
+
+ } elsif (lc $setsock eq 'console') {
+ @connectMethods = qw(console);
+
} else {
- croak "Invalid argument passed to setlogsock; must be 'unix' or 'inet'";
+ croak "Invalid argument passed to setlogsock; must be 'stream', 'pipe', ",
+ "'unix', 'native', 'eventlog', 'tcp', 'udp' or 'inet'"
}
+
return 1;
}
sub syslog {
- local($priority) = shift;
- local($mask) = shift;
- local($message, $whoami);
- local(@words, $num, $numpri, $numfac, $sum);
- local($facility) = $facility; # may need to change temporarily.
+ my $priority = shift;
+ my $mask = shift;
+ my ($message, $buf);
+ my (@words, $num, $numpri, $numfac, $sum);
+ my $failed = undef;
+ my $fail_time = undef;
+ my $error = $!;
+
+ # if $ident is undefined, it means openlog() wasn't previously called
+ # so do it now in order to have sensible defaults
+ openlog() unless $ident;
- croak "syslog: expected both priority and mask" unless $mask && $priority;
+ local $facility = $facility; # may need to change temporarily.
- @words = split(/\W+/, $priority, 2);# Allow "level" or "level|facility".
+ croak "syslog: expecting argument \$priority" unless defined $priority;
+ croak "syslog: expecting argument \$format" unless defined $mask;
+
+ @words = split(/\W+/, $priority, 2); # Allow "level" or "level|facility".
undef $numpri;
undef $numfac;
+
foreach (@words) {
- $num = &xlate($_); # Translate word to number.
- if (/^kern$/ || $num < 0) {
- croak "syslog: invalid level/facility: $_";
+ $num = xlate($_); # Translate word to number.
+ if ($num < 0) {
+ croak "syslog: invalid level/facility: $_"
}
elsif ($num <= &LOG_PRIMASK) {
- croak "syslog: too many levels given: $_" if defined($numpri);
+ croak "syslog: too many levels given: $_" if defined $numpri;
$numpri = $num;
- return 0 unless &LOG_MASK($numpri) & $maskpri;
+ return 0 unless LOG_MASK($numpri) & $maskpri;
}
else {
- croak "syslog: too many facilities given: $_" if defined($numfac);
+ croak "syslog: too many facilities given: $_" if defined $numfac;
$facility = $_;
$numfac = $num;
}
}
- croak "syslog: level must be given" unless defined($numpri);
+ croak "syslog: level must be given" unless defined $numpri;
- if (!defined($numfac)) { # Facility not specified in this call.
+ if (not defined $numfac) { # Facility not specified in this call.
$facility = 'user' unless $facility;
- $numfac = &xlate($facility);
+ $numfac = xlate($facility);
+ }
+
+ connect_log() unless $connected;
+
+ if ($mask =~ /%m/) {
+ # escape percent signs for sprintf()
+ $error =~ s/%/%%/g if @_;
+ # replace %m with $error, if preceded by an even number of percent signs
+ $mask =~ s/(?<!%)((?:%%)*)%m/$1$error/g;
}
- &connect unless $connected;
+ $mask .= "\n" unless $mask =~ /\n$/;
+ $message = @_ ? sprintf($mask, @_) : $mask;
- $whoami = $ident;
+ # See CPAN-RT#24431. Opened on Apple Radar as bug #4944407 on 2007.01.21
+ # Supposedly resolved on Leopard.
+ chomp $message if $^O =~ /darwin/;
- if (!$whoami && $mask =~ /^(\S.*?):\s?(.*)/) {
- $whoami = $1;
- $mask = $2;
- }
+ if ($current_proto eq 'native') {
+ $buf = $message;
+ }
+ elsif ($current_proto eq 'eventlog') {
+ $buf = $message;
+ }
+ else {
+ my $whoami = $ident;
+ $whoami .= "[$$]" if $options{pid};
- unless ($whoami) {
- ($whoami = getlogin) ||
- ($whoami = getpwuid($<)) ||
- ($whoami = 'syslog');
+ $sum = $numpri + $numfac;
+ my $oldlocale = setlocale(LC_TIME);
+ setlocale(LC_TIME, 'C');
+ my $timestamp = strftime "%b %e %T", localtime;
+ setlocale(LC_TIME, $oldlocale);
+ $buf = "<$sum>$timestamp $whoami: $message\0";
}
- $whoami .= "[$$]" if $lo_pid;
+ # handle PERROR option
+ # "native" mechanism already handles it by itself
+ if ($options{perror} and $current_proto ne 'native') {
+ chomp $message;
+ my $whoami = $ident;
+ $whoami .= "[$$]" if $options{pid};
+ print STDERR "$whoami: $message\n";
+ }
- $mask =~ s/%m/$!/g;
- $mask .= "\n" unless $mask =~ /\n$/;
- $message = sprintf ($mask, @_);
-
- $sum = $numpri + $numfac;
- unless (send(SYSLOG,"<$sum>$whoami: $message\0",0)) {
- if ($lo_cons) {
- if ($pid = fork) {
- unless ($lo_nowait) {
- $died = waitpid($pid, 0);
- }
+ # it's possible that we'll get an error from sending
+ # (e.g. if method is UDP and there is no UDP listener,
+ # then we'll get ECONNREFUSED on the send). So what we
+ # want to do at this point is to fallback onto a different
+ # connection method.
+ while (scalar @fallbackMethods || $syslog_send) {
+ if ($failed && (time - $fail_time) > 60) {
+ # it's been a while... maybe things have been fixed
+ @fallbackMethods = ();
+ disconnect_log();
+ $transmit_ok = 0; # make it look like a fresh attempt
+ connect_log();
+ }
+
+ if ($connected && !connection_ok()) {
+ # Something was OK, but has now broken. Remember coz we'll
+ # want to go back to what used to be OK.
+ $failed = $current_proto unless $failed;
+ $fail_time = time;
+ disconnect_log();
+ }
+
+ connect_log() unless $connected;
+ $failed = undef if ($current_proto && $failed && $current_proto eq $failed);
+
+ if ($syslog_send) {
+ if ($syslog_send->($buf, $numpri, $numfac)) {
+ $transmit_ok++;
+ return 1;
}
- else {
- if (open(CONS,">/dev/console")) {
- print CONS "<$facility.$priority>$whoami: $message\r";
- close CONS;
- }
- exit if defined $pid; # if fork failed, we're parent
+ # typically doesn't happen, since errors are rare from write().
+ disconnect_log();
+ }
+ }
+ # could not send, could not fallback onto a working
+ # connection method. Lose.
+ return 0;
+}
+
+sub _syslog_send_console {
+ my ($buf) = @_;
+ chop($buf); # delete the NUL from the end
+ # The console print is a method which could block
+ # so we do it in a child process and always return success
+ # to the caller.
+ if (my $pid = fork) {
+
+ if ($options{nowait}) {
+ return 1;
+ } else {
+ if (waitpid($pid, 0) >= 0) {
+ return ($? >> 8);
+ } else {
+ # it's possible that the caller has other
+ # plans for SIGCHLD, so let's not interfere
+ return 1;
}
}
+ } else {
+ if (open(CONS, ">/dev/console")) {
+ my $ret = print CONS $buf . "\r"; # XXX: should this be \x0A ?
+ exit $ret if defined $pid;
+ close CONS;
+ }
+ exit if defined $pid;
}
}
+sub _syslog_send_stream {
+ my ($buf) = @_;
+ # XXX: this only works if the OS stream implementation makes a write
+ # look like a putmsg() with simple header. For instance it works on
+ # Solaris 8 but not Solaris 7.
+ # To be correct, it should use a STREAMS API, but perl doesn't have one.
+ return syswrite(SYSLOG, $buf, length($buf));
+}
+
+sub _syslog_send_pipe {
+ my ($buf) = @_;
+ return print SYSLOG $buf;
+}
+
+sub _syslog_send_socket {
+ my ($buf) = @_;
+ return syswrite(SYSLOG, $buf, length($buf));
+ #return send(SYSLOG, $buf, 0);
+}
+
+sub _syslog_send_native {
+ my ($buf, $numpri) = @_;
+ syslog_xs($numpri, $buf);
+ return 1;
+}
+
+
+# xlate()
+# -----
+# private function to translate names to numeric values
+#
sub xlate {
- local($name) = @_;
+ my($name) = @_;
+ return $name+0 if $name =~ /^\s*\d+\s*$/;
$name = uc $name;
$name = "LOG_$name" unless $name =~ /^LOG_/;
$name = "Sys::Syslog::$name";
# Can't have just eval { &$name } || -1 because some LOG_XXX may be zero.
- my $value = eval { &$name };
- defined $value ? $value : -1;
+ my $value = eval { no strict 'refs'; &$name };
+ $@ = "";
+ return defined $value ? $value : -1;
}
-sub connect {
- unless ($host) {
- require Sys::Hostname;
- my($host_uniq) = Sys::Hostname::hostname();
- ($host) = $host_uniq =~ /([A-Za-z0-9_.-]+)/; # allow FQDN (inc _)
- }
- unless ( $sock_type ) {
- my $udp = getprotobyname('udp') || croak "getprotobyname failed for udp";
- my $syslog = getservbyname('syslog','udp') || croak "getservbyname failed";
- my $this = sockaddr_in($syslog, INADDR_ANY);
- my $that = sockaddr_in($syslog, inet_aton($host) || croak "Can't lookup $host");
- socket(SYSLOG,AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,$udp) || croak "socket: $!";
- connect(SYSLOG,$that) || croak "connect: $!";
+
+# connect_log()
+# -----------
+# This function acts as a kind of front-end: it tries to connect to
+# a syslog service using the selected methods, trying each one in the
+# selected order.
+#
+sub connect_log {
+ @fallbackMethods = @connectMethods unless scalar @fallbackMethods;
+
+ if ($transmit_ok && $current_proto) {
+ # Retry what we were on, because it has worked in the past.
+ unshift(@fallbackMethods, $current_proto);
+ }
+
+ $connected = 0;
+ my @errs = ();
+ my $proto = undef;
+
+ while ($proto = shift @fallbackMethods) {
+ no strict 'refs';
+ my $fn = "connect_$proto";
+ $connected = &$fn(\@errs) if defined &$fn;
+ last if $connected;
+ }
+
+ $transmit_ok = 0;
+ if ($connected) {
+ $current_proto = $proto;
+ my ($old) = select(SYSLOG); $| = 1; select($old);
} else {
- my $syslog = _PATH_LOG();
- length($syslog) || croak "_PATH_LOG unavailable in syslog.h";
- my $that = sockaddr_un($syslog) || croak "Can't locate $syslog";
- socket(SYSLOG,AF_UNIX,SOCK_STREAM,0) || croak "socket: $!";
- if (!connect(SYSLOG,$that)) {
- socket(SYSLOG,AF_UNIX,SOCK_DGRAM,0) || croak "socket: $!";
- connect(SYSLOG,$that) || croak "connect: $! (SOCK_DGRAM after trying SOCK_STREAM)";
- }
+ @fallbackMethods = ();
+ $err_sub->(join "\n\t- ", "no connection to syslog available", @errs);
+ return undef;
+ }
+}
+
+sub connect_tcp {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+
+ my $tcp = getprotobyname('tcp');
+ if (!defined $tcp) {
+ push @$errs, "getprotobyname failed for tcp";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ my $syslog = getservbyname('syslog', 'tcp');
+ $syslog = getservbyname('syslogng', 'tcp') unless defined $syslog;
+ if (!defined $syslog) {
+ push @$errs, "getservbyname failed for syslog/tcp and syslogng/tcp";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ my $addr;
+ if (defined $host) {
+ $addr = inet_aton($host);
+ if (!$addr) {
+ push @$errs, "can't lookup $host";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ } else {
+ $addr = INADDR_LOOPBACK;
+ }
+ $addr = sockaddr_in($syslog, $addr);
+
+ if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $tcp)) {
+ push @$errs, "tcp socket: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ setsockopt(SYSLOG, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, 1);
+ if (eval { IPPROTO_TCP() }) {
+ # These constants don't exist in 5.005. They were added in 1999
+ setsockopt(SYSLOG, IPPROTO_TCP(), TCP_NODELAY(), 1);
+ }
+ $@ = "";
+ if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
+ push @$errs, "tcp connect: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_socket;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub connect_udp {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+
+ my $udp = getprotobyname('udp');
+ if (!defined $udp) {
+ push @$errs, "getprotobyname failed for udp";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ my $syslog = getservbyname('syslog', 'udp');
+ if (!defined $syslog) {
+ push @$errs, "getservbyname failed for syslog/udp";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ my $addr;
+ if (defined $host) {
+ $addr = inet_aton($host);
+ if (!$addr) {
+ push @$errs, "can't lookup $host";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ } else {
+ $addr = INADDR_LOOPBACK;
+ }
+ $addr = sockaddr_in($syslog, $addr);
+
+ if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, $udp)) {
+ push @$errs, "udp socket: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
+ push @$errs, "udp connect: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ # We want to check that the UDP connect worked. However the only
+ # way to do that is to send a message and see if an ICMP is returned
+ _syslog_send_socket("");
+ if (!connection_ok()) {
+ push @$errs, "udp connect: nobody listening";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_socket;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub connect_stream {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+ # might want syslog_path to be variable based on syslog.h (if only
+ # it were in there!)
+ $syslog_path = '/dev/conslog' unless defined $syslog_path;
+ if (!-w $syslog_path) {
+ push @$errs, "stream $syslog_path is not writable";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!sysopen(SYSLOG, $syslog_path, 0400, O_WRONLY)) {
+ push @$errs, "stream can't open $syslog_path: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_stream;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub connect_pipe {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+
+ $syslog_path ||= &_PATH_LOG || "/dev/log";
+
+ if (not -w $syslog_path) {
+ push @$errs, "$syslog_path is not writable";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (not open(SYSLOG, ">$syslog_path")) {
+ push @$errs, "can't write to $syslog_path: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_pipe;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub connect_unix {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+
+ $syslog_path ||= _PATH_LOG() if length _PATH_LOG();
+
+ if (not defined $syslog_path) {
+ push @$errs, "_PATH_LOG not available in syslog.h and no user-supplied socket path";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (not (-S $syslog_path or -c _)) {
+ push @$errs, "$syslog_path is not a socket";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ my $addr = sockaddr_un($syslog_path);
+ if (!$addr) {
+ push @$errs, "can't locate $syslog_path";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) {
+ push @$errs, "unix stream socket: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
+ if (!socket(SYSLOG, AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) {
+ push @$errs, "unix dgram socket: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!connect(SYSLOG, $addr)) {
+ push @$errs, "unix dgram connect: $!";
+ return 0;
+ }
}
- local($old) = select(SYSLOG); $| = 1; select($old);
- $connected = 1;
+
+ $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_socket;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub connect_native {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+ my $logopt = 0;
+
+ # reconstruct the numeric equivalent of the options
+ for my $opt (keys %options) {
+ $logopt += xlate($opt) if $options{$opt}
+ }
+
+ eval { openlog_xs($ident, $logopt, xlate($facility)) };
+ if ($@) {
+ push @$errs, $@;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_native;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub connect_eventlog {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+
+ $syslog_xobj = Sys::Syslog::Win32::_install();
+ $syslog_send = \&Sys::Syslog::Win32::_syslog_send;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+sub connect_console {
+ my ($errs) = @_;
+ if (!-w '/dev/console') {
+ push @$errs, "console is not writable";
+ return 0;
+ }
+ $syslog_send = \&_syslog_send_console;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+# To test if the connection is still good, we need to check if any
+# errors are present on the connection. The errors will not be raised
+# by a write. Instead, sockets are made readable and the next read
+# would cause the error to be returned. Unfortunately the syslog
+# 'protocol' never provides anything for us to read. But with
+# judicious use of select(), we can see if it would be readable...
+sub connection_ok {
+ return 1 if defined $current_proto and (
+ $current_proto eq 'native' or $current_proto eq 'console'
+ or $current_proto eq 'eventlog'
+ );
+
+ my $rin = '';
+ vec($rin, fileno(SYSLOG), 1) = 1;
+ my $ret = select $rin, undef, $rin, 0.25;
+ return ($ret ? 0 : 1);
}
-sub disconnect {
- close SYSLOG;
+sub disconnect_log {
$connected = 0;
+ $syslog_send = undef;
+
+ if (defined $current_proto and $current_proto eq 'native') {
+ closelog_xs();
+ return 1;
+ }
+ elsif (defined $current_proto and $current_proto eq 'eventlog') {
+ $syslog_xobj->Close();
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return close SYSLOG;
}
1;
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Sys::Syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
+
+=head1 VERSION
+
+Version 0.21
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ use Sys::Syslog; # all except setlogsock(), or:
+ use Sys::Syslog qw(:DEFAULT setlogsock); # default set, plus setlogsock()
+ use Sys::Syslog qw(:standard :macros); # standard functions, plus macros
+
+ openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility; # don't forget this
+ syslog $priority, $format, @args;
+ $oldmask = setlogmask $mask_priority;
+ closelog;
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+C<Sys::Syslog> is an interface to the UNIX C<syslog(3)> program.
+Call C<syslog()> with a string priority and a list of C<printf()> args
+just like C<syslog(3)>.
+
+You can find a kind of FAQ in L<"THE RULES OF SYS::SYSLOG">. Please read
+it before coding, and again before asking questions.
+
+
+=head1 EXPORTS
+
+C<Sys::Syslog> exports the following C<Exporter> tags:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<:standard> exports the standard C<syslog(3)> functions:
+
+ openlog closelog setlogmask syslog
+
+=item *
+
+C<:extended> exports the Perl specific functions for C<syslog(3)>:
+
+ setlogsock
+
+=item *
+
+C<:macros> exports the symbols corresponding to most of your C<syslog(3)>
+macros and the C<LOG_UPTO()> and C<LOG_MASK()> functions.
+See L<"CONSTANTS"> for the supported constants and their meaning.
+
+=back
+
+By default, C<Sys::Syslog> exports the symbols from the C<:standard> tag.
+
+
+=head1 FUNCTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<openlog($ident, $logopt, $facility)>
+
+Opens the syslog.
+C<$ident> is prepended to every message. C<$logopt> contains zero or
+more of the options detailed below. C<$facility> specifies the part
+of the system to report about, for example C<LOG_USER> or C<LOG_LOCAL0>:
+see L<"Facilities"> for a list of well-known facilities, and your
+C<syslog(3)> documentation for the facilities available in your system.
+Check L<"SEE ALSO"> for useful links. Facility can be given as a string
+or a numeric macro.
+
+This function will croak if it can't connect to the syslog daemon.
+
+Note that C<openlog()> now takes three arguments, just like C<openlog(3)>.
+
+B<You should use C<openlog()> before calling C<syslog()>.>
+
+B<Options>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<cons> - This option is ignored, since the failover mechanism will drop
+down to the console automatically if all other media fail.
+
+=item *
+
+C<ndelay> - Open the connection immediately (normally, the connection is
+opened when the first message is logged).
+
+=item *
+
+C<nofatal> - When set to true, C<openlog()> and C<syslog()> will only
+emit warnings instead of dying if the connection to the syslog can't
+be established.
+
+=item *
+
+C<nowait> - Don't wait for child processes that may have been created
+while logging the message. (The GNU C library does not create a child
+process, so this option has no effect on Linux.)
+
+=item *
+
+C<perror> - Write the message to standard error output as well to the
+system log.
+
+=item *
+
+C<pid> - Include PID with each message.
+
+=back
+
+B<Examples>
+
+Open the syslog with options C<ndelay> and C<pid>, and with facility C<LOCAL0>:
+
+ openlog($name, "ndelay,pid", "local0");
+
+Same thing, but this time using the macro corresponding to C<LOCAL0>:
+
+ openlog($name, "ndelay,pid", LOG_LOCAL0);
+
+
+=item B<syslog($priority, $message)>
+
+=item B<syslog($priority, $format, @args)>
+
+If C<$priority> permits, logs C<$message> or C<sprintf($format, @args)>
+with the addition that C<%m> in $message or C<$format> is replaced with
+C<"$!"> (the latest error message).
+
+C<$priority> can specify a level, or a level and a facility. Levels and
+facilities can be given as strings or as macros. When using the C<eventlog>
+mechanism, priorities C<DEBUG> and C<INFO> are mapped to event type
+C<informational>, C<NOTICE> and C<WARNIN> to C<warning> and C<ERR> to
+C<EMERG> to C<error>.
+
+If you didn't use C<openlog()> before using C<syslog()>, C<syslog()> will
+try to guess the C<$ident> by extracting the shortest prefix of
+C<$format> that ends in a C<":">.
+
+B<Examples>
+
+ syslog("info", $message); # informational level
+ syslog(LOG_INFO, $message); # informational level
+
+ syslog("info|local0", $message); # information level, Local0 facility
+ syslog(LOG_INFO|LOG_LOCAL0, $message); # information level, Local0 facility
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Note>
+
+C<Sys::Syslog> version v0.07 and older passed the C<$message> as the
+formatting string to C<sprintf()> even when no formatting arguments
+were provided. If the code calling C<syslog()> might execute with
+older versions of this module, make sure to call the function as
+C<syslog($priority, "%s", $message)> instead of C<syslog($priority,
+$message)>. This protects against hostile formatting sequences that
+might show up if $message contains tainted data.
+
+=back
+
+
+=item B<setlogmask($mask_priority)>
+
+Sets the log mask for the current process to C<$mask_priority> and
+returns the old mask. If the mask argument is 0, the current log mask
+is not modified. See L<"Levels"> for the list of available levels.
+You can use the C<LOG_UPTO()> function to allow all levels up to a
+given priority (but it only accept the numeric macros as arguments).
+
+B<Examples>
+
+Only log errors:
+
+ setlogmask( LOG_MASK(LOG_ERR) );
+
+Log everything except informational messages:
+
+ setlogmask( ~(LOG_MASK(LOG_INFO)) );
+
+Log critical messages, errors and warnings:
+
+ setlogmask( LOG_MASK(LOG_CRIT) | LOG_MASK(LOG_ERR) | LOG_MASK(LOG_WARNING) );
+
+Log all messages up to debug:
+
+ setlogmask( LOG_UPTO(LOG_DEBUG) );
+
+
+=item B<setlogsock($sock_type)>
+
+=item B<setlogsock($sock_type, $stream_location)> (added in Perl 5.004_02)
+
+Sets the socket type to be used for the next call to
+C<openlog()> or C<syslog()> and returns true on success,
+C<undef> on failure. The available mechanisms are:
+
+=over
+
+=item *
+
+C<"native"> - use the native C functions from your C<syslog(3)> library
+(added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.15).
+
+=item *
+
+C<"eventlog"> - send messages to the Win32 events logger (Win32 only;
+added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.19).
+
+=item *
+
+C<"tcp"> - connect to a TCP socket, on the C<syslog/tcp> or C<syslogng/tcp>
+service.
+
+=item *
+
+C<"udp"> - connect to a UDP socket, on the C<syslog/udp> service.
+
+=item *
+
+C<"inet"> - connect to an INET socket, either TCP or UDP, tried in that order.
+
+=item *
+
+C<"unix"> - connect to a UNIX domain socket (in some systems a character
+special device). The name of that socket is the second parameter or, if
+you omit the second parameter, the value returned by the C<_PATH_LOG> macro
+(if your system defines it), or F</dev/log> or F</dev/conslog>, whatever is
+writable.
+
+=item *
+
+C<"stream"> - connect to the stream indicated by the pathname provided as
+the optional second parameter, or, if omitted, to F</dev/conslog>.
+For example Solaris and IRIX system may prefer C<"stream"> instead of C<"unix">.
+
+=item *
+
+C<"pipe"> - connect to the named pipe indicated by the pathname provided as
+the optional second parameter, or, if omitted, to the value returned by
+the C<_PATH_LOG> macro (if your system defines it), or F</dev/log>
+(added in C<Sys::Syslog> 0.21).
+
+=item *
+
+C<"console"> - send messages directly to the console, as for the C<"cons">
+option of C<openlog()>.
+
+=back
+
+A reference to an array can also be passed as the first parameter.
+When this calling method is used, the array should contain a list of
+mechanisms which are attempted in order.
+
+The default is to try C<native>, C<tcp>, C<udp>, C<unix>, C<stream>, C<console>.
+Under systems with the Win32 API, C<eventlog> will be added as the first
+mechanism to try if C<Win32::EventLog> is available.
+
+Giving an invalid value for C<$sock_type> will C<croak>.
+
+B<Examples>
+
+Select the UDP socket mechanism:
+
+ setlogsock("udp");
+
+Select the native, UDP socket then UNIX domain socket mechanisms:
+
+ setlogsock(["native", "udp", "unix"]);
+
+=over
+
+=item B<Note>
+
+Now that the "native" mechanism is supported by C<Sys::Syslog> and selected
+by default, the use of the C<setlogsock()> function is discouraged because
+other mechanisms are less portable across operating systems. Authors of
+modules and programs that use this function, especially its cargo-cult form
+C<setlogsock("unix")>, are advised to remove any occurence of it unless they
+specifically want to use a given mechanism (like TCP or UDP to connect to
+a remote host).
+
+=back
+
+=item B<closelog()>
+
+Closes the log file and returns true on success.
+
+=back
+
+
+=head1 THE RULES OF SYS::SYSLOG
+
+I<The First Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+You do not call C<setlogsock>.
+
+I<The Second Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+You B<do not> call C<setlogsock>.
+
+I<The Third Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+The program crashes, C<die>s, calls C<closelog>, the log is over.
+
+I<The Fourth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+One facility, one priority.
+
+I<The Fifth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+One log at a time.
+
+I<The Sixth Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+No C<syslog> before C<openlog>.
+
+I<The Seventh Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+Logs will go on as long as they have to.
+
+I<The Eighth, and Final Rule of Sys::Syslog is:>
+If this is your first use of Sys::Syslog, you must read the doc.
+
+
+=head1 EXAMPLES
+
+An example:
+
+ openlog($program, 'cons,pid', 'user');
+ syslog('info', '%s', 'this is another test');
+ syslog('mail|warning', 'this is a better test: %d', time);
+ closelog();
+
+ syslog('debug', 'this is the last test');
+
+Another example:
+
+ openlog("$program $$", 'ndelay', 'user');
+ syslog('notice', 'fooprogram: this is really done');
+
+Example of use of C<%m>:
+
+ $! = 55;
+ syslog('info', 'problem was %m'); # %m == $! in syslog(3)
+
+Log to UDP port on C<$remotehost> instead of logging locally:
+
+ setlogsock('udp');
+ $Sys::Syslog::host = $remotehost;
+ openlog($program, 'ndelay', 'user');
+ syslog('info', 'something happened over here');
+
+
+=head1 CONSTANTS
+
+=head2 Facilities
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_AUDIT> - audit daemon (IRIX); falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_AUTH> - security/authorization messages
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_AUTHPRIV> - security/authorization messages (private)
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_CONSOLE> - C</dev/console> output (FreeBSD); falls back to C<LOG_USER>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_CRON> - clock daemons (B<cron> and B<at>)
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_DAEMON> - system daemons without separate facility value
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_FTP> - FTP daemon
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_KERN> - kernel messages
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_INSTALL> - installer subsystem (Mac OS X); falls back to C<LOG_USER>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_LAUNCHD> - launchd - general bootstrap daemon (Mac OS X);
+falls back to C<LOG_DAEMON>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_LFMT> - logalert facility; falls back to C<LOG_USER>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_LOCAL0> through C<LOG_LOCAL7> - reserved for local use
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_LPR> - line printer subsystem
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_MAIL> - mail subsystem
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_NETINFO> - NetInfo subsystem (Mac OS X); falls back to C<LOG_DAEMON>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_NEWS> - USENET news subsystem
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_NTP> - NTP subsystem (FreeBSD, NetBSD); falls back to C<LOG_DAEMON>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_RAS> - Remote Access Service (VPN / PPP) (Mac OS X);
+falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_REMOTEAUTH> - remote authentication/authorization (Mac OS X);
+falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_SECURITY> - security subsystems (firewalling, etc.) (FreeBSD);
+falls back to C<LOG_AUTH>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_SYSLOG> - messages generated internally by B<syslogd>
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_USER> (default) - generic user-level messages
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_UUCP> - UUCP subsystem
+
+=back
+
+
+=head2 Levels
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_EMERG> - system is unusable
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_ALERT> - action must be taken immediately
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_CRIT> - critical conditions
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_ERR> - error conditions
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_WARNING> - warning conditions
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_NOTICE> - normal, but significant, condition
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_INFO> - informational message
+
+=item *
+
+C<LOG_DEBUG> - debug-level message
+
+=back
+
+
+=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over
+
+=item C<Invalid argument passed to setlogsock>
+
+B<(F)> You gave C<setlogsock()> an invalid value for C<$sock_type>.
+
+=item C<eventlog passed to setlogsock, but no Win32 API available>
+
+B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use the Win32 event logger but the
+operating system running the program isn't Win32 or does not provides Win32
+compatible facilities.
+
+=item C<no connection to syslog available>
+
+B<(F)> C<syslog()> failed to connect to the specified socket.
+
+=item C<stream passed to setlogsock, but %s is not writable>
+
+B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a stream socket, but the given
+path is not writable.
+
+=item C<stream passed to setlogsock, but could not find any device>
+
+B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a stream socket, but didn't
+provide a path, and C<Sys::Syslog> was unable to find an appropriate one.
+
+=item C<tcp passed to setlogsock, but tcp service unavailable>
+
+B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a TCP socket, but the service
+is not available on the system.
+
+=item C<syslog: expecting argument %s>
+
+B<(F)> You forgot to give C<syslog()> the indicated argument.
+
+=item C<syslog: invalid level/facility: %s>
+
+B<(F)> You specified an invalid level or facility.
+
+=item C<syslog: too many levels given: %s>
+
+B<(F)> You specified too many levels.
+
+=item C<syslog: too many facilities given: %s>
+
+B<(F)> You specified too many facilities.
+
+=item C<syslog: level must be given>
+
+B<(F)> You forgot to specify a level.
+
+=item C<udp passed to setlogsock, but udp service unavailable>
+
+B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a UDP socket, but the service
+is not available on the system.
+
+=item C<unix passed to setlogsock, but path not available>
+
+B<(W)> You asked C<setlogsock()> to use a UNIX socket, but C<Sys::Syslog>
+was unable to find an appropriate an appropriate device.
+
+=back
+
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+=head2 Manual Pages
+
+L<syslog(3)>
+
+SUSv3 issue 6, IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 edition,
+L<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/syslog.h.html>
+
+GNU C Library documentation on syslog,
+L<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Syslog.html>
+
+Solaris 10 documentation on syslog,
+L<http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5168/6mbb3hruo?a=view>
+
+IRIX 6.4 documentation on syslog,
+L<http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?coll=0640&db=man&fname=3c+syslog>
+
+AIX 5L 5.3 documentation on syslog,
+L<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.basetechref/doc/basetrf2/syslog.htm>
+
+HP-UX 11i documentation on syslog,
+L<http://docs.hp.com/en/B9106-90010/syslog.3C.html>
+
+Tru64 5.1 documentation on syslog,
+L<http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51_HTML/MAN/MAN3/0193____.HTM>
+
+Stratus VOS 15.1,
+L<http://stratadoc.stratus.com/vos/15.1.1/r502-01/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm?context=r502-01&file=ch5r502-01bi.html>
+
+=head2 RFCs
+
+I<RFC 3164 - The BSD syslog Protocol>, L<http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3164.html>
+-- Please note that this is an informational RFC, and therefore does not
+specify a standard of any kind.
+
+I<RFC 3195 - Reliable Delivery for syslog>, L<http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3195.html>
+
+=head2 Articles
+
+I<Syslogging with Perl>, L<http://lexington.pm.org/meetings/022001.html>
+
+=head2 Event Log
+
+Windows Event Log,
+L<http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wes/wes/windows_event_log.asp>
+
+
+=head1 AUTHORS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+Tom Christiansen E<lt>F<tchrist (at) perl.com>E<gt> and Larry Wall
+E<lt>F<larry (at) wall.org>E<gt>.
+
+UNIX domain sockets added by Sean Robinson
+E<lt>F<robinson_s (at) sc.maricopa.edu>E<gt> with support from Tim Bunce
+E<lt>F<Tim.Bunce (at) ig.co.uk>E<gt> and the C<perl5-porters> mailing list.
+
+Dependency on F<syslog.ph> replaced with XS code by Tom Hughes
+E<lt>F<tom (at) compton.nu>E<gt>.
+
+Code for C<constant()>s regenerated by Nicholas Clark E<lt>F<nick (at) ccl4.org>E<gt>.
+
+Failover to different communication modes by Nick Williams
+E<lt>F<Nick.Williams (at) morganstanley.com>E<gt>.
+
+Extracted from core distribution for publishing on the CPAN by
+SE<eacute>bastien Aperghis-Tramoni E<lt>sebastien (at) aperghis.netE<gt>.
+
+XS code for using native C functions borrowed from C<L<Unix::Syslog>>,
+written by Marcus Harnisch E<lt>F<marcus.harnisch (at) gmx.net>E<gt>.
+
+Yves Orton suggested and helped for making C<Sys::Syslog> use the native
+event logger under Win32 systems.
+
+Jerry D. Hedden and Reini Urban provided greatly appreciated help to
+debug and polish C<Sys::Syslog> under Cygwin.
+
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+Please report any bugs or feature requests to
+C<bug-sys-syslog (at) rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at
+L<http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Sys-Syslog>.
+I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
+your bug as I make changes.
+
+
+=head1 SUPPORT
+
+You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
+
+ perldoc Sys::Syslog
+
+You can also look for information at:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
+
+L<http://annocpan.org/dist/Sys-Syslog>
+
+=item * CPAN Ratings
+
+L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Sys-Syslog>
+
+=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker
+
+L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Sys-Syslog>
+
+=item * Search CPAN
+
+L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Syslog/>
+
+=item * Kobes' CPAN Search
+
+L<http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Sys-Syslog>
+
+=item * Perl Documentation
+
+L<http://perldoc.perl.org/Sys/Syslog.html>
+
+=back
+
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (C) 1990-2007 by Larry Wall and others.
+
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
+
+=begin comment
+
+Notes for the future maintainer (even if it's still me..)
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+Using Google Code Search, I search who on Earth was relying on $host being
+public. It found 5 hits:
+
+* First was inside Indigo Star Perl2exe documentation. Just an old version
+of Sys::Syslog.
+
+
+* One real hit was inside DalWeathDB, a weather related program. It simply
+does a
+
+ $Sys::Syslog::host = '127.0.0.1';
+
+- L<http://www.gallistel.net/nparker/weather/code/>
+
+
+* Two hits were in TPC, a fax server thingy. It does a
+
+ $Sys::Syslog::host = $TPC::LOGHOST;
+
+but also has this strange piece of code:
+
+ # work around perl5.003 bug
+ sub Sys::Syslog::hostname {}
+
+I don't know what bug the author referred to.
+
+- L<http://www.tpc.int/>
+- L<ftp://ftp.tpc.int/tpc/server/UNIX/>
+- L<ftp://ftp-usa.tpc.int/pub/tpc/server/UNIX/>
+
+
+* Last hit was in Filefix, which seems to be a FIDOnet mail program (!).
+This one does not use $host, but has the following piece of code:
+
+ sub Sys::Syslog::hostname
+ {
+ use Sys::Hostname;
+ return hostname;
+ }
+
+I guess this was a more elaborate form of the previous bit, maybe because
+of a bug in Sys::Syslog back then?
+
+- L<ftp://ftp.kiae.su/pub/unix/fido/>
+
+
+Links
+-----
+II12021: SYSLOGD HOWTO TCPIPINFO (z/OS, OS/390, MVS)
+- L<http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1II12021>
+
+Getting the most out of the Event Viewer
+- L<http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/evtvwr.asp?print=true>
+
+Log events to the Windows NT Event Log with JNI
+- L<http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-09-2001/jw-0928-ntmessages.html>
+
+=end comment
+