Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:30:52 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Logging router errors using syslog Message-ID: <412DE60C.2080908@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040826125355.GA48259@bsd.net> References: <412DCFB7.1000502@freebsd.org> <20040826125355.GA48259@bsd.net>
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Martin Hasenbein wrote: > On 26 Aug 2004 (13:55:35) [1093521335], Mark Ovens wrote: > > Hi Mark, > >> The router has been set up to log to the local2 facility and I've added >> these lines to the end of /etc/syslog.conf: >> >> !* >> +P650R-31 >> local2 /var/log/router/zyxel > >> Can anyuone suggest why this is not working? > > how did you start syslogd? If it was started from /etc/rc.conf > without modifying the flags for syslogd, it won't work. > The default-flag for syslogd is > > syslogd_flags="-s" > >>From the man-page: > > -s Operate in secure mode. Do not log messages from remote > machines. If specified twice, no network socket will be opened > at all, which also disables logging to remote machines. > > > You have to disable this option and restart syslogd. > Thanks, yes, I was. I've changed it and restarted without ''-s'' but it still doesn't appear to be logging anything - I configured the router to log everything so the file should grow quite quickly. Do you have any other idea(s)? Regards, Mark > > Ciao, > -Martin. >
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