AIX - Syslogd flag -n should not be used (AIX event source not discovered)
2 years ago
Originally Published: 2009-04-13
Article Number
000051232
Applies To
enVision Core 3.7.0 and 4.0
AIX 5L
/etc/syslog.conf file setup correctly
Issue
AIX - Syslogd flag -n should not be used  (AIX event source not discovered)
Majority of AIX messages are undefined
Cause
When syslogd started with -n flag, it will suppress string "Message forwarded from <hostname>" added to the beginning of the syslog message that is forwarded to remote host. See http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.doc/doc/base/aixinformation.htm (search syslogd)
Envision expects to receive this string as part of message header, most of messages will be unknown due to missing this string.
Resolution
When start syslogd daemon on AIX, don't use -n flag.