Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:29:56 +0100 From: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslog logging question Message-ID: <8blfavg8puflk0bu7osgrnr8u831kbl92m@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20030424071545.GA45006@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk> References: <20030424071545.GA45006@marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk>
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Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@penguinpowered.org.uk> wrote: >I have ipfilter on some of my boxes. In /etc/syslog.conf, I have the >following lines: > >!ipmon >*.* /var/log/ipf.log > >This works, and I get all entries in /var/log/ipf.log, which is good. >The problem I have is that I also get all entries in /var/log/messages > >What do I need to do to stop syslog logging these messages to both >locations and start logging only to /var/log/ipf.log ?=20 I don't have an entry in syslog.conf for ipmon but I have: ipmon_flags=3D"-D /var/log/ipf.log" # typically "-Ds" or "-D = /var/log/ipflog" in /etc/rc.conf This way I don't see ipf log entries in /var/log/messages. John.
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