From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 16:53:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83BA716A4CE for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:53:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp3.sentex.ca (smtp3.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9E143D54 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:53:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smtp1.sentex.ca (smtp1.sentex.ca [199.212.134.4]) by smtp3.sentex.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i140rGUE047090 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:53:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from BLUELAPIS.sentex.ca (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smtp1.sentex.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i140rKOL096441 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:53:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 19:53:23 -0500 Message-ID: <4ig020dr1d98sfvpejljiu8d52t7t17gqt@4ax.com> References: <4A22D4DACF836546ACB71760692F5B4D01044DA6@accenthouseexch1.accenthouse.co.uk> <20040203155430.GA2447@saboteur.dek.spc.org> In-Reply-To: <20040203155430.GA2447@saboteur.dek.spc.org> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Obtaining Syslog message from a Cisco Router X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 00:53:24 -0000 And you might need to restart syslogd with a different start up param so that it does not ignore messages from outside sources. ---Mike On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:54:30 +0000, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you wrote: >On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 03:38:19PM -0000, Edward Butler wrote: >> I am looking to dump the log files from various Cisco routers on to = one >> of various FreeBSD boxes we are running ( mainly FreeBSD 4.4 ) once = the >> logs have been dumped to then rotate these in a similar way that other >> system logs files are rotated - dns, www and mail etc... >>=20 >> My question is - do I need to compile a specific syslog collector or >> will syslog on its own be able to handle these messages? Also how can = I >> reconfigure logrotate to include these log files? > >1) Tell Cisco routers to use a specific facility/priority for their = messages. >2) Tell syslog.conf to place the messages using this facility/priority = into >their own log file. >3) Tell newsyslog.conf to rotate these logs according to the desired = policy. > >No need to install logrotate. newsyslog is the default FreeBSD log file >rotation tool. > >BMS >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"