[horde] Horde logs stuffed with foreign program logging info

[Ralf Lang]

Am Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2011, 13:38:22 schrieb Louis-Philippe Allard:
> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
> >> Zitat von Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:
> >   >> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
> >   >>>> Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   >>> >> Hello,
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>   I know it will quite seems strange, but I discovered that
> >   >>> >>logging
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >> information from misc non horde related applications (such as
> >   >>> >> Zoneminder
> >   >>> >> (home surveillance framework)) are stored in Horde'a logs
> > 
> > as well as in
> > 
> >   >>> >> the
> >   >>> >> Activesync logs.
> >   >>> >> 
> >   >>> >> For example below, the Horde log is "contaminated" with
> >   >>> >> zoneminder info.
> >   >>> >> Lines such as:
> >   >>> >> 
> >   >>> >> [code]Jun 22 17:39:56 lhost2 zmc_dvideo0[2088]: INF
> > 
> > [Monitor0: 32000 -
> > 
> >   >>> >> Capturing at 7.75 fps]
> >   >>> >> Jun 22 17:39:59 lhost2 zma_m4[2092]: INF [Monitor0: 32000 -
> > 
> > Processing
> > 
> >   >>> >> at
> >   >>> >> 7.75 fps]
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>   Jun 22 17:42:09 lhost2 zmc_dvideo0[2088]: INF [Monitor0: 33000
> >   >>> >>-
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >> Capturing at 7.52 fps]
> >   >>> >> Jun 22 17:42:12 lhost2 zma_m4[2092]: INF [Monitor0: 33000 -
> > 
> > Processing
> > 
> >   >>> >> at
> >   >>> >> 7.52 fps]
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>   Jun 22 17:43:56 lhost2 sshd[3929]: Accepted password for root
> >   >>> >>from
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >> 192.168.0.106 port 49844 ssh2
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>   Jun 22 17:44:16 lhost2 zmc_dvideo0[2088]: INF [Monitor0: 34000
> >   >>> >>-
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >> Capturing at 7.87 fps]
> >   >>> >> Jun 22 17:44:19 lhost2 zma_m4[2092]: INF [Monitor0: 34000 -
> > 
> > Processing
> > 
> >   >>> >> at
> >   >>> >> 7.87 fps][/code]
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>   What can cause applications to send info to the horde logs? 
> >   >>> >>These
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >> applications are NOT configured to send data to horde's logs and
> >   >>> >> I double
> >   >>> >> checked this.  They have their own logs.  TO me it looks
> > 
> > like Horde is
> > 
> >   >>> >> using some way to retrieve the system dmesg or similar and
> > 
> > then stores
> > 
> >   >>> >> to
> >   >>> >> its logs.
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>   Can someone help?
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>   Because of that, my active sync log is usually around
> > 
> > 20MB which is
> > 
> >   >>> >> almost impossible to use for troubleshooting.
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >>    
> >   >>> >>
> >   >>> >> --
> >   >>> >> Horde mailing list
> >   >>> >> Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/
> >   >>> >> To unsubscribe, mail: horde-unsubscribe at lists.horde.org
> >   >>> > 
> >   >>> > Are you sure horde isn't logging to syslog?
> >   >>> > --
> >   >>> > Mike
> >   >>> > Sent from mobile
> >   >>> > --
> >   >>> > Horde mailing list
> >   >>> > Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/
> >   >>> > To unsubscribe, mail: horde-unsubscribe at lists.horde.org
> >   >> 
> >   >> In $horde/config/conf.php
> >   >> 
> >   >> $conf['log']['name'] = '/var/log/horde.log'
> >   >> 
> >   >> and
> >   >> 
> >   >> $conf['acctivesync']['logging']['path'] =
> > 
> > '/var/log/horde_activesync.log'
> > 
> >   > This doesn't say anything about the logger *type*.
> >   > 
> >   > Jan.
> 
> The $horde/config/conf.php has
> 
> $conf['log']['type'] = 'file'
> 
> and
> 
> $conf['acctivesync']['logging']['type'] = 'custom'
> 
> I'd like to give more info but I can access the administration page I've
> lost my menu entry!...
> 
> Louis-Philippe Allard
> lp.allard.1 at gmail.com
>     Sent from Horde Groupware - GNU/Linux


can you manually go to http://example.com/hordedir/admin/config/ ?

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