Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 23:55:52 -0600 From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: jacob@void.mapopolis.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd not working Message-ID: <200005100555.e4A5tqD95539@fedde.littleton.co.us> In-Reply-To: <39189266.8D4F2022@void.mapopolis.com>
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On Tue, 09 May 2000 22:34:14 +0000 jacob@void.mapopolis.com wrote:
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| anyone have any idea why the remote logging in syslogd on fbsd
| 3.4-RELEASE might not work? i just setup a new nfsroot box, and i want
| to do remote logging to another host, athena. in the /etc/syslog.conf i
| have:
| *.* @athena
| i have another fbsd 3.4-STABLE box, and it does remote logging to athena
| with no problem. when i tcpdump, i can see that the nfsroot box isn't
| sending any syslog packets at all. it does log to /var/log/messages
| though. thanks if you can help me :)
|
| -jacob kuenzel
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Try killing syslogd and then running it with the -d option. That'll
help you find where it is failing. I'd guess that there is a
problem with the syntax of syslog.conf. Syslog requires the first
character after the *.* be a tab. Go figure.
chris
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