[Feature Request] Please add support for directly loging to `/dev/log` (syslog device)

Author: MichaelSuen-thePointerCreated Nov 9, 2025Updated Nov 16, 2025

demo log4rs config file:

yaml
refresh_rate: 30 seconds

appenders:
  syslog:
    kind: syslog
    facility: local0
    path: /dev/log
    hostname: localhost
    process_name: sslocal
    severity: debug

root:
  level: debug
  appenders:
    - syslog

sslocal --log-config log4rs.yaml

Source: shadowsocks/shadowsocks-rust