From owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 12 04:42:58 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9578F64 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 04:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (ultimatedns.net [209.180.214.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A569126ED for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 04:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s4C4iVdn041204; Sun, 11 May 2014 21:44:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id s4C4iQoT041201; Sun, 11 May 2014 21:44:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net ([209.180.214.225]) (UDNSMS authenticated user chrish) by ultimatedns.net with HTTP; Sun, 11 May 2014 21:44:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8fb4ad9509f5ec232873ade4f2f3128c.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <1756.1399868907@server1.tristatelogic.com> References: <1756.1399868907@server1.tristatelogic.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 21:44:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Where do the boot time messages go? From: "Chris H" To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" User-Agent: UDNSMS/2.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: IPFW Technical Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 04:42:59 -0000 > > > In my /etc/rc.conf file, I have the following (among other things): > > firewall_enable="YES" > firewall_type="/etc/fw.rules" > firewall_logging="YES" > > And of course, on my system, the /etc/fw.rules file is full of ipfw > "add" commands. > > During a normal boot of FreeBSD, I can see those add commands being > processed. They are shown, briefly, whizzing by, on the console. > > During a recent reboot, I also saw something at about the same time > that looked like it might possibly have been some sort of ipfw error > or warning message. > > I would like to investigate. > > Unfortunately it appears that all of the console messages that are > being logged, during the time when ipfw is processing my local firewall > rules file, are not in fact stored into either /var/log/messages nor > even into /var/log/security. (I know. I looked.) > > So, um, where do these messages go, exactly? > > I really would like to have a look at the ones from the last boot. While unlikely, have a look at /var/run/dmesg.boot. I see you have: firewall_logging="YES" Isn't it possible to DEFINE the firewall LOG? :) In other words; you ask it to log, but don't tell it WHERE. :) Doing so should provide the answers you're looking for. Best wishes. --Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ipfw > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ipfw-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >