Bug 85371

Summary: xinetd regression - doesn't accept valid facility on log_type SYSLOG (e.g. mail)
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: John Gerth <gerth>
Component: xinetdAssignee: Jay Fenlason <fenlason>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: 8.0CC: jfeeney
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testcase showing failure with xinetd for imap none

Description John Gerth 2003-02-28 18:25:49 UTC
Description of problem:
While migrating mail service from 7.2 (xinetd-2.3.3-1)
to 8.0 (xinetd-2.3.7-5), imap service fails to start because xinetd 
no longer recognizes "mail" as a valid SYSLOG facility.
However "logger -p mail.info ..." works fine showing that
the "mail" is a valid facility (see sample session below).

I checked a few other facilities and some worked, some didn't.
It's necessary for xinetd to allow all valid facilties to
be specified so that we can keep the logs appropriately.




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xinetd-2.3.7-5

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. set "log_type = SYSLOG mail" in some enabled service
2. restart xinetd
3. look at the complaint in /var/log/messages

    
Actual results:
Starting reconfiguration
Feb 28 09:46:50 bissell xinetd[3101]: Unknown syslog facility: mail [line=11]
Feb 28 09:46:50 bissell xinetd: xinetd -HUP succeeded
Feb 28 09:46:50 bissell xinetd[3101]: Error parsing attribute log_type -
DISABLING SERVICE [line=11]


Expected results:
xinetd should accept "mail" as a valid syslog facility

Additional info:
(This also happens with xinetd-2.3.7-4.7x on 7.3)

Comment 1 John Gerth 2003-02-28 18:28:54 UTC
Created attachment 90428 [details]
testcase showing failure with xinetd for imap

Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2003-05-13 17:14:06 UTC
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-160.html