Ubuntu
util-linux package

logger "-n" option is ignored

Bug #1221000 reported by Nathan Stratton Treadway
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
util-linux (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
util-linux (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When I attempt to use "logger" with the -n option, the syslog messages are sent to the local
rsyslog process instead of the specified remote server:

$ logger -n log.example.com test message
$ echo "another test message" | logger -n log.example.com

Tags: patch
Nathan Stratton Treadway (nathanst)
no longer affects: util-linux-ng
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Nathan Stratton Treadway (nathanst) wrote :

(I am running bsdutils 1:2.20.1-1ubuntu3, on a Precise box.)

Looks like upstream applied a simple patch similar to the one suggested in the Debian bug:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=86248cd28a27bdd9a437e389966b0415e106802e

tags: added: patch
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in util-linux (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Chris Snell (chris-snell) wrote :

Would love to see this fixed in Ubuntu. It's been around for close to two years. As stated in the Debian bug, simple work-around is to pass the -u flag to a bogus socket, e.g., "-u /tmp/ignored".

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in util-linux (Debian):
status: New → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in util-linux (Debian):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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