How to tell syslogd not to make dns-lookups

Hi there,

how can i tell my syslogd (on Suse 8.2) NOT to make DNS-Lookups ?
In Suse 8.0, I can start syslogd with the option -x to do this.
But in 8.2, this Option is not available (??)

Thanks

Patrick

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:48:29 +0100, Patrick <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> how can i tell my syslogd (on Suse 8.2) NOT to make DNS-Lookups ?
> In Suse 8.0, I can start syslogd with the option -x to do this.
> But in 8.2, this Option is not available (??)

I do not see any -x switch in 'man syslogd' of SuSE 8.0 (or 7.3). Are you
doing remote logging for nameless IPs? Not sure if it would help to
simply add names for them in /etc/hosts (I run local DNS with zones for my
LAN, and only remote logging is from my WAP with a hostname).

If there is such a switch to not lookup a remote host logging to you,
other daemons that appear in the logs may still attempt to resolve IPs
that connect to them (tcpwrappers, etc.).

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