Re: [conntrack-tools PATCH v2] log: print messages to stdout/sderr if running in console mode

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 08:57:08AM +0200, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> If conntrackd is running in console mode (i.e. in foreground)
> then we can print the log messages to stdout/stderr.
> 
> This eases the workflow for admins, since we condensate more info into
> the same terminal output.

Applied, thanks Arturo.

BTW, one comment:

> Example:
> 
> % sudo conntrackd -C /etc/conntrackd.conf
> WARNING: XXXX is an invalid interface

Probably, we can now place this message via logging. I remember the
problem is that logging is not yet initialized at that stage, but this
should be easy to fix.

> [Thu Oct 27 13:57:09 2016] (pid=7581) [notice] disabling internal cache
> [Thu Oct 27 13:57:09 2016] (pid=7581) [notice] disabling external cache
> [Thu Oct 27 13:57:09 2016] (pid=7581) [ERROR] can't open channel socket: No such device
> [Thu Oct 27 13:57:09 2016] (pid=7581) [ERROR] initialization failed
> ERROR: conntrackd cannot start, please check the logfile for more info

And I guess this "ERROR: conntrackd cannot start, please review your
configuration" can go into log message too.