From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 16 16:41:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39D791065672 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF3518FC08 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NWBiQ-0005FU-LB; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:39 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NWBiP-0007IS-U9; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:34 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0GGfXo7093054; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:33 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0GGfWO0093053; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:32 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:31 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Anton Shterenlikht Message-ID: <20100116164131.GJ91835@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100116162337.GI91835@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100116162337.GI91835@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -2.1 X-Spam-Level: -- Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: SOLVED: Re: syslog - ipmon(8) logs to a wrong log file? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:41:40 -0000 On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 04:23:37PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > This is on FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT ia64. > I've ipfilter built into the kernel, > with logging enabled: > > options IPFILTER > options IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK > options IPFILTER_LOG > > It works fine, but logs to a wrong file. > > > I run ipmon with -Ds options: > > # ps ax|grep ipmon > 740 ?? Ss 1:28.09 /sbin/ipmon -Ds > # > > "D" is for deamon mode, and "s" is to log via syslog. > According to ipmon(8): > > The default facility when compiled and installed is security. > > So I've in /etc/syslog.conf: > > security.* /var/log/ipfilter.log > > but I get all ipmon messages in /var/log/messages. > According to my /etc/syslog.conf this file shouldn't > have ipmon messages: > > *.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages It seems that despite using option "s" facility is still local0. So adding local0.* /var/log/ipfilter.log to /etc/syslog.conf puts all ipmon logs to /var/log/ipfilter.log -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423