Syslog gone?

[Mark <ad...@asarian-host.net>]

Ok, nearly there. :) I start spamd 3.1.6 as follows:

/usr/local/bin/spamd -D -x -q -d -m 16 -r /var/run/spamd.pid -i 127.0.0.1
-A 127.0.0.1 -u spamd -s mail.crit

I get:

[11581] dbg: logger: adding facilities: all
[11581] dbg: logger: logging level is DBG
[11581] dbg: logger: successfully opened file mail.crit
[11581] dbg: logger: successfully added file method
[11581] dbg: spamd: creating INET socket:
[11581] dbg: spamd: Listen: 128

"successfully opened file mail.crit"?? Say what? :) I specified the syslog
facility "mail.crit", not a file! Far as I can tell, -s is still used to
set the syslog facility. How do I get SA to log to syslog again?

These are more worrisome, though:

Fri Oct  6 09:04:18 2006 [11583] dbg: prefork: new lowest idle kid: 11585
Fri Oct  6 09:04:18 2006 [11583] dbg: prefork: child reports idle
Fri Oct  6 09:04:18 2006 [11583] info: prefork: child states: II
Fri Oct  6 09:04:18 2006 [11585] dbg: prefork: sysread(7) not ready, wait
max 300 secs
Fri Oct  6 09:04:28 2006 [11586] dbg: prefork: periodic ping from spamd
parent
Fri Oct  6 09:04:28 2006 [11586] dbg: prefork: sysread(8) not ready, wait
max 300 secs
Fri Oct  6 09:04:28 2006 [11585] dbg: prefork: periodic ping from spamd
parent
Fri Oct  6 09:04:28 2006 [11585] dbg: prefork: sysread(7) not ready, wait
max 300 secs

That does not look good. What does it mean, and how can I solve it?

Thanks,

- Mark

Re: Syslog gone?

[Loren Wilton <lw...@earthlink.net>]

> Well, I got my syslog back. Apparently, 3.1.6 no longer accepts facility
> in the form of "mail.crit" (facility + severity; 2.55 did). But using a
> single word facility like "debug" or some such works fine.

Yep.  Facility coding scheme changed about three releases back as best I 
recall.  You might find 'info' more appropriate than debug.

        Loren

RE: Syslog gone?

[Mark <ad...@asarian-host.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Loren Wilton [mailto:lwilton@earthlink.net] 
> Sent: vrijdag 6 oktober 2006 10:16
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Syslog gone?
> 
> 
>
Well, I got my syslog back. Apparently, 3.1.6 no longer accepts facility
in the form of "mail.crit" (facility + severity; 2.55 did). But using a
single word facility like "debug" or some such works fine.

- Mark

Re: Syslog gone?

[Loren Wilton <lw...@earthlink.net>]

> /usr/local/bin/spamd -D -x -q -d -m 16 -r /var/run/spamd.pid -i 127.0.0.1
> -A 127.0.0.1 -u spamd -s mail.crit

I can't answer your questions, but that -m 16 has me worried.  At around 
40-60 megs per child, that is using up a LOT of ram.  Unless you have a few 
gigs spare on this machine I'd stick with the default of 5 children until 
you have things up and running moderately well, then experiment with more if 
necessary.

        Loren