Bug 54561

Summary:	A bad syslogd.conf make computer freeze
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	grenier
Component:	sysklogd	Assignee:	Jason Vas Dias <jvdias>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1	CC:	stimits
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Description grenier 2001-10-12 13:25:04 UTC

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Description of problem:
My bad syslogd.conf file ends by
*.*	/dev/tty12
*
When syslogd starts, there is a warning message about this problem.
But when I try to switch to another console, the computer freezes.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.4-7


How reproducible:
Always (on the same computer)

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Modify /etc/syslogd.conf
2.Restart syslog
3.Switch to another console

	

Actual Results:  The computer freeze

Additional info:

The computer is under kernel 2.2.19

Comment 1 D. Stimits 2002-01-20 22:16:29 UTC

I have found that syslogd on RH 7.1 attempts to restart 6 times. The restart
mechanism is incorrect, and tries to spawn too many syslogd daemons. I have also
found that attempting a shutdown or xinetd restart during that time will cause
hard lockup or oops. In my particular case, I'm using SMP. This is the second
time I've hit this problem, and it should be moved up in priority.

Comment 2 Jason Vas Dias 2004-08-30 21:14:36 UTC

Just clearing out old bugs here.
This bug was fixed a long time ago, but never got closed.
It is certainly fixed in the current version of syslog:
sysklogd-1.41-22.