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Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 08:21:07 +0100
From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: Is there a problem with syslogd -a?
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Rob writes:

R> On 5.3, I have following in rc.conf:
R>   syslogd_flags="-a 192.168.123.0/24 -b 192.168.123.254"
R>
R> on the machine that has IP 192.168.123.254.
R> It serves a cluster of 192.168.123.X with X = 1 to 7
R>
R> /etc/syslog.conf on the 192.168.123.X PCs has:
R>    *.*     @192.168.123.254
R>
R> and all syslog messages arrive on 192.168.123.254 and are stored there.

Thanks.  I had not used the -b argument, but I think I found the
problem: I have to put -a 10.0.0.0/24:* in order to accept messages from
something other than syslog.  I'm not sure what the router is calling
itself,but apparently syslog isn't it.  When I use the wildcard, it
works.

-- 
Anthony