dhcpcd-discuss

On 08/04/2020 08:44, Julian Wollrath wrote:
> > > > > if I just call dhcpcd by hand I also get output in the console and
> > > > > in the syslog. Only if it gets called indirectly as described I do
> > > > > not get anytheng in the syslog (and of course not in the console
> > > > > but that it expected).
> > > >
> > > > Aha, so this *only* happens from ifupdown?
> > > > If you add the debug command to /etc/dhcpcd.conf and use ifupdown
> > > > do you get anything in syslog?
> > >
> > > yes, than I get the additional debug messages and the regular
> > > messages in the syslog, sorry for not stating it clear enough
> > > before.
> >
> > Is this with privsep enabled? Could you try disabling and seeing if
> > that helps? Just to try and isolate the issue.
>
> yes, it is with privsep enabled. With privsep disabled I see the
> messages in the syslog.

At a rough guess, syslog might be started after privsep then.
What system logger do you use?

Does this patch help any?


diff --git a/src/logerr.c b/src/logerr.c
index 170b529d..51a8113b 100644
--- a/src/logerr.c
+++ b/src/logerr.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ logopen(const char *path)

                if (ctx->log_opts & LOGERR_LOG_PID)
                        opts |= LOG_PID;
-               openlog(NULL, opts, LOGERR_SYSLOG_FACILITY);
+               openlog(NULL, opts | LOG_NDELAY, LOGERR_SYSLOG_FACILITY);
                return 1;
        }