Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:52:41 +0100 From: Hexren <me@hexren.net> To: Anon <goatse@Phreaker.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: 2 newb questions Message-ID: <3419921896.20050322225241@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <6e01203b050322134229620d59@mail.gmail.com> References: <424089C0.10902@Phreaker.net> <6e01203b050322134229620d59@mail.gmail.com>
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> Check out freshports.org for the information on ports. It contains > everything you want and gives pretty simple instructions. > I couldn't tell you about the logs but I am sure someone will. > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:10:24 +0100, Anon <goatse@phreaker.net> wrote: >> Hi im running freebsd 5.3 and I have some questions: >> >> 1. how do I log ssh login attempts to a file? say /var/log/auth I have >> read syslogd man page and I dont get it at all >> >> 2. how do I get some kind of a system that "warns" me when a port is old >> (there is a new in cvs database), example: I want to get an email when a >> new version of the port "firefox" comes out >> >> Thank you in advance for the answers! --------------------------------------------- My feeling is that the default install already logs everything that has to do with auth to /var/log/auth.log. This "auth.info;authpriv.info /var/log/auth.log" line in /etc/syslog conf defines to where that login information is sent. Hexren
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