[cups] accounting to mysql database?

[Michael Sweet]

Use "syslog" as the PageLog filename, then all messages get sent to the system logging daemon (whatever it is).


> On Jan 18, 2017, at 12:12 PM, hw <hw at gc-24.de> wrote:
> 
> G.W. Haywood schrieb:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, hw at cups.org wrote:
>> 
>>> Why can?t cups simply put the information it puts into the log file
>>> directly into a database.
>> 
>> There's no need to make that mountain out of this particular molehill.
>> 
>> Why can't you just use your existing system logging daemon, or better
>> still install syslog-ng, plus a simple shell/perl/whatever script?
> 
> Syslog-ng is already in use.  Cups bypasses it, writing its own
> log files.
> 
> Would syslog-ng copy all messages to some program I can specify and not
> care if that program fails?  If so, how would I make cups use syslog-ng?
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer