FS#35095 - [ppp] systemd .service file should pass the nolog option to pppd

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by John (skeov) - Saturday, 04 May 2013, 14:38 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Thursday, 06 June 2013, 18:46 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

pppd has two ways to log its status:
1) stdout : This can be disabled with the nolog option.
2) syslog() : This is hardcoded and cannot be disabled.

The systemd .service file uses the nodetach option so pppd does not fork but this causes duplicated log entries in systemd journal because everything is logged twice (both stdout and syslog()).
Passing the nolog option (in addition to nodetach) to pppd fixes this.

Steps to reproduce:

systemctl start ppp@foo.service
journalctl _SYSTEMD_UNIT=ppp@foo.service
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Closed by  Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Thursday, 06 June 2013, 18:46 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  ppp 2.4.5-7

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