Hi all -- I've discovered a bit of syslog data that I can't explain.
Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname> kernel: Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname>
named[45636]: transfer of 'example.com/IN' from xyz.xyz.xyz.xyz#53: failed
to
connect: timed out
For those of us with mail clients that automatically line wrap, that's all a
single line, stored in /var/log/messages. So clearly there's some oddity
happening with regard to a missing newline.
If I assume the obvious place for the break --
Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname> kernel:
Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname> named[45636]: transfer of 'example.com/IN' from
xyz.xyz.xyz.xyz#53: failed to connect: timed out
Why in the world would the kernel write an empty messager like that? The
only thing I can come up with (and it's completely unconvincing to me, so I
assume it's pretty far wrong) is that whatever weirdness happened with the
linewrap caused the second message to overwrite part of the first message.
Hi all -- I've discovered a bit of syslog data that I can't explain.
Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname> kernel: Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname>
named[45636]: transfer of 'example.com/IN' from xyz.xyz.xyz.xyz#53: failed
to
connect: timed out
For those of us with mail clients that automatically line wrap, that's all a
single line, stored in /var/log/messages. So clearly there's some oddity
happening with regard to a missing newline.
If I assume the obvious place for the break --
Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname> kernel:
Jun 13 00:57:57 <hostname> named[45636]: transfer of 'example.com/IN' from
xyz.xyz.xyz.xyz#53: failed to connect: timed out
Why in the world would the kernel write an empty messager like that? The
only thing I can come up with (and it's completely unconvincing to me, so I
assume it's pretty far wrong) is that whatever weirdness happened with the
linewrap caused the second message to overwrite part of the first message.
Anyone have a more plausible explanation?
thanks -- tbird
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