Re: [Exim] Sys::Syslog in perl in Exim

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Author: Hilko Bengen
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To: Phil Pennock
CC: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Sys::Syslog in perl in Exim
Phil Pennock <Phil.Pennock@???> writes:

> Can anyone think of any particular reason why a perl sub in a file
> included by Exim (at startup) might not be able to use Sys::Syslog
> and in fact silently fails?


Ummm, I have successfully used Sys::Syslog before. Does your script
work in a standalone setup? Maybe a permission problem if you are
logging via /dev/log? Ummm, here permissions are set to 666, so this
is probably not a problem.

> PH: Exim 4 feature request: Exim's Perl module should have Exim::log()
> available, to just log stuff using Exim's configured logging.


Wholeheartedly seconded!

-Hilko