[ILUG] Strange, binary syslog entries under RHEL3.6

[Justin Mason]

Also, if I recall correctly, the syslog protocol looks something like
this:

  - 1 byte: facility
  - 1 byte: level
  - null-terminated string: log message

(or something like that, going from memory).  As a result low bytes
are common at the start of a syslog packet/message -- perhaps
some bugginess caused it to "shuffle along"?

--j.

Josef Assad writes:
>Haven't seen that personally. Performing in my role as a friendly
>interface to google, this turns up:
>
>http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list/2006-January/msg00225.html
>
>It looks like your issue, doesn't it?
>
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>Josef Assad
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>On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:09:14PM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote:
>>=20
>>  My RHEL3.6 machines here are logging the following during boot:
>>=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:45 host mdmonitor: mdadm succeeded
>> Oct 21 12:15:45 host random: Initializing random number generator:  succe=
>eded
>> Oct 21 12:15:45 host rc: Starting pcmcia:  succeeded
>> Oct 21 12:15:45 host netfs: Mounting other filesystems:  succeeded
>> Oct 21 12:15:46 host ypbind: ypbind startup succeeded
>> Oct 21 12:15:46 host ypbind: bound to NIS server cavan
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01: h	=A7=08=10=16=CF=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01:=20=09=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01: =04=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01: facility local7=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01:=20=09=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host last message repeated 2 times
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01: =05=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01: =02=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01: =06=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host last message repeated 4 times
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host =01:=20=09=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host last message repeated 2 times
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in read-write=
> mode:  succeeded=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:19 host rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions:  succeeded=
>=20
>> Oct 21 12:15:21 host rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies:  succeeded=
>=20
>>=20
>>  I've searched through /etc, init scripts and all, looked for hidden files
>>  etc., but I have no idea what is causing these entries. RedHat bugzilla
>>  didn't turn up anything either. It doesn't happen on RHEL3.3.
>>=20
>>  Has anyone seen this before?
>>=20
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