From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 25 15:19:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2046437B41B for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:19:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DAA2B6CB; Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:19:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0F88CF0; Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:20:44 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:20:44 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: adrian kok Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslog and cisco Message-ID: <20020426082044.U56548@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , adrian kok , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020425155505.62099.qmail@web21207.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020425155505.62099.qmail@web21207.mail.yahoo.com>; from adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk on Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:55:05PM +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:55:05PM +0800, adrian kok wrote: > 1/ If the freebsd is down, cisco's log file couldn't > syslog to freebsd. > Where is the cisco log file going? Disappear in the > internet or > cisco's log file return to cisco and make cisco > full and down? The packets disappear at the last router. The Cisco doesn't know, due to the nature of the syslog-protocol, that the machine has disappeared. On the other hand, "show log" on your router should still display the last ones. > 2/ For the syslog files, if i want to use the > freebsd-hostA to have remote syslog from > freebsd-hostB? Put the action field in syslog.conf on hostB to @hostA. And disable the -s option on hostA and add -a (in /etc/rc.conf) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message