Re: Kernel and Syslog (Maybe OT)

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 04:38:53 -0500 (EST)


Igmar Palsenberg writes:

> 1) Does the kernel have anything to do with the syslog() calls ??
> Or is it entirely handled by glibc and the deamon ??

Interesting question. Our /dev/log is not a STREAMS device and the
"strace" command does unrelated nonstandard stuff.

> I'm working on patches so that a Linux system can entirely switch to the
> UNIX98 PTY scheme. For thos who know Solaris : the /dev/pts/x devices.
>
> I patches the following :
>
> 1)Telnetd
> 2)libproc
> 3)write
> 4)ps

Ummm, why did you patch ps at all? The new ps works great.
http://www.cs.uml.edu/~acahalan/linux/procps-990224.tar.gz

I hope you didn't waste your time.

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