Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:51:26 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Ronnie Clark <ronj_clark@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFW Logging Message-ID: <20020415203432.U57269-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> In-Reply-To: <1018924374.215.3.camel@compudyne2.clark.us>
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Ronnie Clark wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Hello all! > > Two quick questions. Is it possible to have IPFW log to a mysql > database? Or do I need a third party software, or some custom script > to accomplish this? IPFW logs to syslogd(8). See syslog.conf(5)... it is possible to pipe syslog output to a command, which could then, in theory, be used to parse the log entries and insert them into a database. Not having ever had occasion to try this, I would recommend thorough load testing. :-) - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901 1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-3630 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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