Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:16:27 +0300 From: Laurence Mayer <laurence@istraresearch.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Syslogd - Different Files Message-ID: <48DB3ACB.9000900@istraresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <20080924190700.D65094@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <48DA2333.3070007@istraresearch.com> <20080924190700.D65094@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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This sends the logs of local and remote machines to both the /var/log/message AND TO /var/log/remote. So it actually duplicates /var/log/messages. Does this work in your environment? Can you clarify the -a IP1/mask1 etc? Thanks Laurence Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> I have read the man pages: >> >> <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslog.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE>; >> >> >> However it is very confusing what exactly to add to the syslog.conf >> file. I have tried numerous variations but still no success. > > example on serwer blah.AAA.com > > +blah.AAA.com > *.* -/var/log/messages > *.* -/dev/ttyvb > *.* @blah2.BBB.com > -blah.AAA.com > *.* -/var/log/remote > > > this will log all OWN log to /var/log/messages, 12-th console and to > server @blah2.BBB.com > > and will log all incoming messages from other hosts to /var/log/remote > > of course - in rc.conf don't forget to add > > syslogd_flags="-a IP1/mask1 -a IP2/mask2 ...."
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