[Dovecot] syslog with PID

[Alexey Gorbov]

Добрый день.
I use
mail_log_prefix: %p: %r: %Us(%u):
result:

dovecot: 11802: 10.0.0.1: POP3(user at host.net): Disconnected: Logged out 
top=0/0, retr=2/133234, del=2/2, size=133196



В сообщении от Thursday 31 July 2008 14:20:39 Heiko Schlichting написал(а):
> Hi,
>
> LOG_NDELAY is the only option for openlog() in dovecot 1.1.2.
> Wouldn't be
> LOG_NDELAY|LOG_PID as option parameter much more useful?
> Without logging
> the pid, it is impossible to match 'Disconnected' log entries and the
> corresponding session start/login. Therefore I suggest to use
>
>     LOG_NDELAY|LOG_PID
>
> in the options of i_set_failure_syslog() at all 6 occurrences which passes
> it to openlog().
>
> I know that it is possible to
>     - use logging to file
>     - patch it myself
> but I can't see good reasons in not using LOG_PID here. As far as I know,
> most other programs specify LOG_PID.
>
> Without LOG_PID:
> Jul 31 10:21:08 name dovecot: IMAP(hsg): Disconnected: Logged out
> bytes=28/242
>
> With LOG_PID:
> Jul 31 10:21:08 name dovecot[17016]: IMAP(hsg): Disconnected: Logged out
> bytes=28/242
>
> Heiko
>
> Heiko Schlichting          Freie Universität Berlin
> heiko at FU-Berlin.DE         Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung (ZEDAT)
> Telefon +49 30 838-54327   Fabeckstraße 32
> Telefax +49 30 838454327   14195 Berlin


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