amk pointed out that syslog may use UDP or TCP sockets.
Update to try UDP, if that fails, try TCP.
diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 38711f8..bb3fe70 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -349,7 +349,13 @@
self.facility = facility
if type(address) == types.StringType:
self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
- self.socket.connect(address)
+ # syslog may require either DGRAM or STREAM sockets
+ try:
+ self.socket.connect(address)
+ except socket.error:
+ self.socket.close()
+ self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+ self.socket.connect(address)
self.unixsocket = 1
else:
self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)