Logging category update, 8.3.x

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:20:09AM +1100, Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > It's been a while since I've done any serious work with 8, so when a
> > > friend came to me yesterday asking why update logging doesn't seem to
> > > work, I spent some time looking at it.
> > > 
> > > Given this block:
> > > 
> > > logging {
> > >         channel update_log {
> > >                 file "/tmp/update.log";
> > >                 print-time yes;
> > >                 print-category yes;
> > >                 };
> > >         category update { update_log; };
> > > };
> > > 
> > > 8.3.4 does not create update.log at startup. If update.log is created
> > > manually, and the server successfully processes an update, the update is
> > > not logged.
> > 
> > 	Your assuming that the server logs something to the update
> > 	category.
> >  
> Well, erm. Yes. I sort of based that assumption on the documentation
> that says:
> 
>         The following categories are available:
>         ...
> 
>         update  Dynamic updates
>         ...
> 
> and on recipe 10.7 from the Cookbook, and on p. 171 of the 4th edition,
> that says quite clearly that the update category logs "dynamic update
> events". Generally, when the 4th edition, the cookbook, and the docs as
> shipped from ISC say the same thing, I figure it's safe to assume that
> they are right.
> 
> Are you saying that they're all wrong?

	No.  It's just that a successful update doesn't log anything.
	If you want a noisier log use BIND 9.
	
	Mark
 
> -P.
> 
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