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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:00:43 -0500
From:      Jeff Royle <lists@qwirky.net>
To:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Agus <agus.262@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Disable syslogd 514..
Message-ID:  <45AE8E7B.3010101@qwirky.net>
In-Reply-To: <fda61bb50701171233x1e866casaed5a92a167cd54f@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <fda61bb50701171233x1e866casaed5a92a167cd54f@mail.gmail.com>

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Agus wrote:
> Hi....
> doing a netstat -an i see that syslog is listening in UDP port 
> 514.....i am
> trying to disable it, but no luck....
> i checked the rc.conf but there is nothing there.....what do u 
> recommend? to
> disable it or to leave it?
> I do not use the machine as a remote syslog server so i cant see the
> use.....but who knows..
>
> thanxsss
> _______________________________________________

I assume your syslogd is running with -s.  

If you use -s twice it will disable listening on network sockets 
completely.  

See man syslogd

Cheers,

Jeff



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