Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:30:48 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ipf logging Message-ID: <20000914203048.I22846@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009131412130.19624-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>; from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar on Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 02:17:05PM -0300 References: <39BF49B9.F5EAFC19@allmaui.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009131412130.19624-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
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On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 14:17 -0300, Fernando Gleiser wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Craig Cowen wrote: > > > I am not clear on how to log ipf. > > I believe I need to edit my syslog.conf. > > Yes and no. ipmon (ipf's logging process) can log via syslog or > directly to a file. > > If you want to log to a file: > # ipmon <path to log file> & Don't forget to edit in the /etc/newsyslog.conf entry for this case like this one: /var/log/ipflog 600 10 100 * Z /var/run/ipmon.pid > If you want to use syslog: > # ipmon -s & > > and you have to add a line like this to syslog.conf: > local0.* /var/log/ipf.log shameless plug: See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20202 for a way to employ ipf in FreeBSD 4 and above. Although the newsyslog.conf thingy is not in there. virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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