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Subject: Re: Disable syslogd 514..
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:33:13 +0500, Agus <agus.262@gmail.com> 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..

 From syslogd(8):
"-s      Operate in secure mode.  Do not log messages from remote
          machines.  If specified twice, no network socket will be opene=
d
          at all, which also disables logging to remote machines."
So 'syslogd_flags=3D"-ss"' can be added to /etc/rc.conf.