Re: Feature Request re: syslog and bashhist

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/9/15 1:37 PM, aixtools wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Via google I came across the define named
> 
> config-top.h:/* #define SYSLOG_HISTORY */
> 
> Changing it (manually) to
> config-top.h:#define SYSLOG_HISTORY
> 
> Adds syslog statements such as:
> Aug  9 16:52:55 x064 user:info syslog: HISTORY: PID=262242 UID=0 ls -ltr
> 
> Request #1
> Add a ./configure variable, e.g., --with-syslog_history

I will think about this, but I am inclined not to do it.  It's easy enough
to enable for those few user who want to do so.

> Request #2
> 
> At the request of a bash user on AIX I made the following change to make
> the syslog output "standardized" to AIX format for many applications so
> that the output looks like this:
> 
> Aug  9 17:30:12 x064 user:info syslog: bash[454682]: UID=0: ls -ltr

The better way to do this is to use openlog().  I will add the necessary
pieces to call openlog with the shell name as the identifier and LOG_PID
as the default value for the log options.

Chet

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