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Bug #4380

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syslogd missing from Service Watchdog

Added by Kill Bill over 9 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
02/05/2015
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Affected Version:
All
Affected Plus Version:
Affected Architecture:
All

Description

No idea why it's not there. Certainly would be nice to have it when things go wrong, such as Bug #4352 or https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=88180.0

Actions #1

Updated by Jim Pingle over 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Rejected

It uses the service list provided by the firewall. Same as Status > Services. Adding a service just to the package would be a hack, needs to be added to the base system as a proper service eventually.

Unrelated, but if syslogd is dying, reset the log files, probably one of them is corrupted.

Actions #2

Updated by Kill Bill over 9 years ago

Kinda don't get why is this rejected. (Oh, and please, don't get me started with "delete the logs", not interested in Lennartware "solutions". :-P)

Actions #3

Updated by Jim Pingle over 9 years ago

It was rejected because it's not the purpose of this package to track the services itself. The services are defined by the firewall (see /etc/inc/service-utils.inc and /etc/inc/services.inc), and by other packages. This package uses system functions that already exist to manage existing services.

Adding a bunch of new code to show, track, and manage a service that doesn't exist already is outside the scope of this package.

If/when syslogd is added in the base system to show up under Status > Services, then it will automatically work with this package.

Actions #4

Updated by Kill Bill over 9 years ago

Yes, so it's not a problem with the package, but with the base system. Should I file the bug about the same thing under the pfSense product? Kinda, the purpose of filing the bug was to eventually give users a feasible way to restart syslogd when it crashes for whatever reason, not to play games about where's the fault.

Actions #5

Updated by Jim Pingle over 9 years ago

Not a bug per se but a feature request. You can submit a feature request to add syslogd as a service under Status > Services.

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