syslog2psyc - a daemon that forwards syslog events to a PSYC entity
syslog2psyc <target> [<pipe>]<target> is a PSYC uniform to send syslog notices to. <pipe> is a non-standard path to the syslog2psyc fifo
First set up a pipe where we can get syslog events from:
mkfifo /dev/syslog2psyc
chown <user> /dev/syslog2psyc
Then configure /dev/syslog2psyc as the destination for syslog messages. In syslog-ng.conf it may look like this:
destination psyc { pipe("/dev/syslog2psyc"); };
log { source(src); destination(psyc); };
In syslog.conf it may look like this:
*.warn;*.err |/dev/syslog2psyc
Finally run this script as <user>. You may later want to refine the type of messages that are forwarded to you.
If you don't own an always running PSYC server yet, visit http://www.psyced.org. The psyced LPC sandbox runtime has a syslog.c ready to use in the place/ folder. It is reachable at psyc://localhost/\@syslog while your PSYC client can enter it by means of /subscribe syslog.
As long as Net::PSYC does not provide any encryption, you should use this within a trustworthy local network or as a localhost service.
carlo von lynX.
This program is free software, published under the Affero GNU Public License. A disclaimer isn't necessary in my country, nor do I need to mention the current year to assert a copyright.