> He says rsyslog exclusively relies on what is returned by the os. Yes > but by what mechanism? gethostname(), what according to the man page is the mechanism to use ;) http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git;a=blob;f=runtime/net.c;h=ab431f7cddfda4 1b689e6ab4819b5ffe031e52fb;hb=HEAD#l1331 Rainer