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Date:      Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:44:36 -0400
From:      web@3dresearch.com
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Syslog not logging remote host
Message-ID:  <6.2.1.2.0.20070414013537.03c00920@imap.telissant.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070413204810.7f79d9fe.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
References:  <f3FBuLwP.1176475224.6331340.janos@imap.3dresearch.com> <20070413204810.7f79d9fe.wmoran@potentialtech.com>

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At 08:48 PM 4/13/2007, you wrote:
>"Janos Dohanics" <web@3dresearch.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying capture logs from m0n0wall, but the log file is empty.
> >
> > Here is my configuration:
> >
> > On the logging machine, in /etc/rc.conf:
> >
> > syslogd_flags="-a 10.61.70.1"
> >
> > In /etc/syslog.conf:
> >
> > +10.61.70.1
> > *.*                                             /var/log/m0n0wall.log
> >
> > /var/log/m0n0wall.log exists and writable:
> >
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 root  network  0 Apr 13 00:32 /var/log/m0n0wall.log
> >
> > The m0n0wall is configured to send logs to 10.61.70.100, which is the
> > logging machine.
> >
> > What am I missing?
>
>Start with tcpdump on the receiving machine:
>tcpdump 'port 514'
>to see if you're even receiving messages from the monowall machine.
>
>If not, then double-check your config on the monowall machine.  If so,
>check the receiving machine.

Bill,

looks like 10.61.70.100 is receiving packets:

00:58:07.203800 IP gww.floco.com.syslog > 10.61.70.100.syslog: UDP, length: 126
00:58:33.295297 IP gww.floco.com.syslog > 10.61.70.100.syslog: UDP, length: 44
00:58:33.340779 IP gww.floco.com.syslog > 10.61.70.100.syslog: UDP, length: 49
00:59:21.436782 IP gww.floco.com.syslog > 10.61.70.100.syslog: UDP, length: 55
00:59:21.438125 IP gww.floco.com.syslog > 10.61.70.100.syslog: UDP, length: 71
00:59:21.439305 IP gww.floco.com.syslog > 10.61.70.100.syslog: UDP, length: 99
00:59:21.440458 IP gww.floco.com.syslog > 10.61.70.100.syslog: UDP, length: 92

>Did you restart syslogd on both systems after making config changes?

I have...

Janos

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Janos Dohanics





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