Quoting Chaos Golubitsky <chaosat_private>: > > solaris 8 syslogd defaults to a similar behaviour: it gives each > message a stamp of the form [ID <msgid> <facility>.<level>], where > msgid is (afaik) a hash of the message logged, generated by the > msgid command. so, for instance, the following log entry: > > Aug 16 13:05:17 my_client automountd[193]: [ID 784820 daemon.error] server my_server not responding > > corresponds to the second line of: > > % strings `which automountd` | grep responding | msgid > 190415 servers %s not responding: %s > 784820 server %s not responding > 494081 server not responding > 543504 %s server not responding%s > 543504 %s server not responding%s > 125655 get_pathconf: %s: server not responding: %s > > i can see how this could be useful for identifying messages quickly, > though i don't use it myself. Sun were telling us that it's so sysadmins note the number of the message rather than incorrectly-memorising something they might half-understand and possibly confusing it for another similar message. Apparently at one point just before the release of Solaris 8, all the Sendmail messages had the same ID! -- Andrew Stribblehill Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: loganalysis-unsubscribeat_private For additional commands, e-mail: loganalysis-helpat_private
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