Ubuntu
rsyslog package

regex, contains and startswith not working for syslogtag with a value containing whitespace

Bug #1105985 reported by Frank Schäckermann
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
rsyslog (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

While a line in rsyslog.conf like

:syslogtag,startswith,"WebSphere" -/var/log/wmb.log

works for messages with a syslogtag of "WebSphere Broker v8001[2701]"

the lines

:syslogtag,startswith,"WebSphere Broker" -/var/log/wmb.log
:syslogtag,contains,"WebSphere Broker" -/var/log/wmb.log
:syslogtag,regex,"WebSphere.Broker.*" -/var/log/wmb.log

do not work and the messages are not written to the log file.

This is for rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="5.8.6" x-pid="2681" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"]
from package rsyslog-5.8.6-1ubuntu8 on Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in rsyslog (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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