Re: Re-4: Soekris net4501 & syslogd

[Chuck Yerkes <chuck+obsd@2004.snew.com>]

Quoting openbsd@sybrespace.de (openbsd@sybrespace.de):
> Argh ;o)
> 
> Thanx a lot guys, that was the problem indeed. I forgot to link /dev/log
> to the newly created /tmp/log socket. Could beat me myself for that!
> 
> Thanks for all the comments!

There's a lot to be said for putting the log socket in an
MFS mounted /var/run/ (not /tmp!).  Only root can create
in /var/run/.  ANYONE can create in /tmp.

Now I know the box is secure and you've never had an undetected
breakin.  But good practice suggests that /tmp/ is a bad place.