Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:57:16 +0200 From: Michel Quadflieg <michel@quadspeed.com> To: Ben Gras <ben@nl.euro.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where are the ipfw logs? Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990721185431.0095ded0@pop3.quadspeed.com> In-Reply-To: <199907211639.SAA29157@support.euronet.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990721090331.13975A-100000@almazs.pacex.net>
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At 18:39 7/21/99 , you wrote:
>All,
>
> > I thought I will try this again just in case this time someone with clue
> > will see this.
> > I have ipfw configured and running and also have included the 'log'
> > command in my ruleset but I can't seem to find the logged traffic stats
> > anywhere?
> > Where does ipfw log it's stuff?
>
>If you add a "log" keyword to the rule (e.g.
>/sbin/ipfw add allow log ip from any to any), ipfw logs the `hit' of the
>rule using the regular KERNel syslogging facility; you can specify where
>it gets logged in /etc/syslog.conf. By default it probably ends up on the
>console and in /var/log/messages.
IPFW doesn't as far as I know log the amount of traffic in the logs, You
should
use for this for exemple MRTG.
For logging of the hits type this at /etc/syslog.conf
!ipfw
*.* /var/log/ipfw.log
Then all rule-set "hits" will be logged......
Michel
PS greetings ZEN master ;-)
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