Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:38:51 +0100 From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> To: Tuc at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Syslog not logging Message-ID: <20050723083851.GC760@uk.tiscali.com> In-Reply-To: <200507222258.j6MMwemi042819@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200507222258.j6MMwemi042819@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 06:58:40PM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote:
> I'm trying to get syslog to log output from a 7 machines and 4
> routers, all in the same subnet. My syslog is started as such :
>
> 301 ?? Ss 0:19.82 /usr/sbin/syslogd -l /var/run/log -l /var/named/var/run/log -a 192.168.3.0/24
>
>
> my syslog.conf has :
>
> *.debug /var/log/spool
>
>
> For all the servers, everything is perfect. Its the routers that
> are a problem. When I TCPDUMP it, I get :
>
> 18:50:56.736979 IP 192.136.64.2.8888 > 192.136.64.108.514: UDP, ...
^^^^
syslogd by default only accepts packets with source port 514. If the routers
use the same static port then "-a 192.168.3.0/24:8888" will allow it;
otherwise "-a 192.168.3.0/24:*" will allow from all ports.
Regards,
Brian.
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