[Linux-ha-dev] Using of LOCAL7 log facility

[Andrew Beekhof]

the crm does inherit the log settings from ha.cf, however for a number
of reasons we default to LOCAL7 if no other value is set.

to disable syslog logging completely, put this in ha.cf:
  logfacility none


On 7/20/07, Serge Dubrouski <sergeyfd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just found that Heartbeat code explicitly uses LOCAL7 logfacility for
> system logging:
>
>         cl_log_set_entity(entity);
>         cl_log_set_facility(LOG_LOCAL7);
>
> and so on.
>
> On standard Linux distribution ( RedHat at least) LOCAL7 is dedicated
> for boot processes and is directed to go to boot.log. What was the
> reason in ignoring the logfacility value from ha.cf and explicitly
> using LOCAL7?
>
> --
> Serge Dubrouski.
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