[libvirt-users] LXC and syslog seperation (/dev/log)

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 08:09:58AM -0500, James Leu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm seeing syslog messages "bleed" from the host and other LXC into
> the messages, maillog, secure  logs of other LXCs.
> 
> I'm using libvirt 1.0.0 on a host with systemd and kernel 3.9.10.
> Each LXC is running an older non-systemd linux distribution
> 
> Is this a known issue?  Is there a work around?

There is no syslog separation in the kernel namespaces. Libvirt does
not even create /dev/log device in the container by default. So I'm
curious how you've configured the guest - could be something missing
that allows cross-pollution

Regards,
Daniel
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