Bug 112411

Summary:	[RFE]: Suggest replacement of sysklogd with metalog
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Mace Moneta <moneta.mace>
Component:	sysklogd	Assignee:	Jason Vas Dias <jvdias>
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Description Mace Moneta 2003-12-19 04:53:34 UTC

Description of problem:

The sysklogd package provides limited function.  The metalog GPL
software provides a superset of sysklogd functionality, and supports
automation and security via the addition of pattern matching and
execution of handler scripts:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/metalog/

Alternatively, extend the functionality of sysklogd.  Without this
functionality, a hodge-podge of tools need to be assembled and
configured in order to accomplish the same functionality.

Comment 1 JM 2004-04-10 13:23:14 UTC

Yep, metalog has a lot of additional functionality which would be 
nice to have in Fedora.

Comment 2 Jason Vas Dias 2004-08-16 22:04:04 UTC

 Just cleaning up old bugs here.

 Users are free to replace any component they want to, including
 sysklogd . Many users rely on the current syslogd's configuration 
 file syntax & behaviour, and we don't think it should be replaced
 by metalog by default.