#17648 [Opn->Bgs]: syslog inserts random characters into log files

ID: 17648 Updated by: kalowsky@php.net Reported By: swinghammer@starbak.net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to report a problem with PHP. Unfortunately you are not using a current version of PHP -- the problem might already be fixed. Please download a new PHP version from http://www.php.net/downloads.php If you are able to reproduce the bug with one of the latest versions of PHP, please change the PHP version on this bug report to the version you tested and change the status back to "Open". Again, thank you for your continued support of PHP. Unable to reproduce on FreeBSD with CVS... do please try a more recent release. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-07 16:33:52] swinghammer@starbak.net Here is an example of some of the output from our log files. The syslog function was called with: define_syslog_variables (); openlog("name",LOG_ODELAY,LOG_LOCAL3); preceding it, closelog was never called. If this is the cause, then the documentation should be updated to reflect this requirement. Here is an example of what is in the logs: () at Jun 5 12:51:25, 000; text-decoration: underline} at Jun 5 14:09:12, ^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^ at Jun 5 14:09:33, ormat: () at Jun 5 14:09:12, Jun 5 14:09:33 h118 ^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^D^D^D^D^D^D^D^D: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17648&edit=1