[Repost] Logging to custom file via syslog [was]: php log to own syslog file

From: Gerard Samuel (fbsd-questions_at_trini0.org)
Date: 01/24/05

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    > Kevin Kinsey wrote:
    >
    >> Gerard Samuel wrote:
    >>
    >>> Im trying to figure out how to setup FreeBSD 5.3 to log
    >>> php events to its own log file via syslog.
    >>> In /etc/syslog.conf, I added ->
    >>> # php logs
    >>> !httpd
    >>> *.* /var/log/php.log
    >>>
    >>> I created a empty file for the log ->
    >>> gladiator# touch /var/log/php.log
    >>> gladiator# ls -l /var/log/php*
    >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 20 16:37 /var/log/php.log
    >>>
    >>> Then I HUPped syslogd ->
    >>> gladiator# ps aux | grep syslogd
    >>> root 277 0.0 0.2 1316 908 ?? Is 4:14PM 0:00.01
    >>> /usr/sbin/syslogd -s
    >>> gladiator# kill -HUP 277
    >>>
    >>> In my php script, Im using ->
    >>> define_syslog_variables();
    >>> openlog('TESTING', LOG_NDELAY, LOG_USER);
    >>> syslog(LOG_INFO, $message);
    >>> closelog();
    >>>
    >>> But nothing is being logged to the file.
    >>> Am I doing something wrong on the FreeBSD side of things??
    >>>
    >>> Thanks
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> PHP as an Apache module? IANAE, but wouldn't
    >> you have to change log settings in httpd.conf?
    >
    >
    > I dont think so. These errors, that I want to log, are initiated by
    > the php function syslog() (look at the example above).
    > These messages are supposed to go to the syslogd daemon, not to
    > httpd's log file.
    > In the example above, if I change the priority from "LOG_INFO" to
    > "LOG_WARNING",
    > the error messages go to /var/log/messages.
    > I just need it to start going to its own file.
    > The ultimate goal, is that I want to have a cluster of webservers,
    > logging to a central server.

    I think this is a FreeBSD problem.
    Here is what I have.
    1. I removed my initial modification of /etc/syslog.conf, and added ->
    user.=info /var/log/php.log

    According to syslog.conf man page, that should mean, any syslog events that
    come is as LOG_USER, and only LOG_INFO, should be appended to
    /var/log/php.log
    2. I HUPped syslogd.
    3. Im using logger to try to add a message to the log file like ->
    gladiator# logger -s -p user.info test
    gsam: test

    But unfortunately, the message "test" doesn't appear in /var/log/php.log OR
    /var/log/messages.
    I currently have the file /var/log/php.log chmodded to 777.
    Im including my syslog.conf file.
    Can anyone tell me, as to why, Im unable to log these tests?
    Thanks

    /etc/syslog.conf

    ----
    # $FreeBSD: src/etc/syslog.conf,v 1.26 2003/04/23 13:08:31 des Exp $
    #
    #       Spaces ARE valid field separators in this file. However,
    #       other *nix-like systems still insist on using tabs as field
    #       separators. If you are sharing this file between systems, you
    #       may want to use only tabs as field separators here.
    #       Consult the syslog.conf(5) manpage.
    *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit          /dev/console
    *.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err
    /var/log/messages
    security.*                                      /var/log/security
    auth.info;authpriv.info                         /var/log/auth.log
    mail.info                                       /var/log/maillog
    lpr.info                                        /var/log/lpd-errs
    ftp.info                                        /var/log/xferlog
    cron.*                                          /var/log/cron
    *.=debug                                        /var/log/debug.log
    *.emerg                                         *
    # uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console to /var/log/console.log
    #console.info                                   /var/log/console.log
    # uncomment this to enable logging of all log messages to /var/log/all.log
    # touch /var/log/all.log and chmod it to mode 600 before it will work
    #*.*                                            /var/log/all.log
    # uncomment this to enable logging to a remote loghost named loghost
    #*.*                                            @loghost
    # uncomment these if you're running inn
    # news.crit                                     /var/log/news/news.crit
    # news.err                                      /var/log/news/news.err
    # news.notice                                   /var/log/news/news.notice
    !startslip
    *.*                                             /var/log/slip.log
    !ppp
    *.*                                             /var/log/ppp.log
    user.=info                                      /var/log/php.log
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