From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 16:10:36 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7228A106566B for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:10:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D0D8FC19 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by faak28 with SMTP id k28so352927faa.13 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:10:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=WAt7tFa8vG41R4CLPypvMRPvLa33XLlvPjFAhmLrRBU=; b=qGwnpgyTCYsdam9sSUo5ieWrBOGPbUB8quVUGkLthRNulzoeObXSr+X2wROx6iE//t cjJnGm2BQ3ui0O8Hn/MAl8bJqcpN2HNEpKXnohqAXeCjsfQlcijLuEmeeVIIvXmOJZiz +4KLhRlIRKTQGNBraMgie4k0+j3jdXsuDb3aw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.149.89 with SMTP id s25mr34673206bkv.47.1322496415895; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:06:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.83.14 with HTTP; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:06:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4ED38578.1000501@gmail.com> References: <4ED38578.1000501@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:06:55 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Kaya Saman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Alternative to syslogd that actually writes external logs to files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:10:36 -0000 On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:58 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know if there's a syslog alternative out there that will > actually write my network equipments' logs to files. > > After having major issues with syslogd and attempting a thorough debug of > which I posted to this mailing list and wasn't able to fix even with more > experienced peoples help I am now looking for an alternative! > > > My issue with syslogd was the fact that the logging information would be > sent to my system and that could evidently be seen, however, the software > didn't write to the log file specified for whatever reason :-( > > > During debug I started syslogd using the -d and -vv options, checked the > log file in question was created and had correct permission. Everything > seemed fine but nothing even tried to write to file. > > > Basically I am looking for just something that will write all my external > logs to file and can keep syslogd for the system specific logs as that's no > problem. > > > Since at the time I was using FreeBSD 8.0 CURRENT x64, I upgraded to 8.2 > on the basis that my system and hence ports collection was out-of-date; but > unfortunately the update didn't solve my issues regarding syslog. - which > is way odd considering I had FreeBSD 8.1 or 8.2 x86 edition running on an > old (now packed-up) PIV which did my logging without any issues. - The > current setup is the same except for the fact that am running Jails and am > on a 64bit platform. > Properly configured, syslogd will log remotely. However something like sysutils/rsyslog may fit your requirements better. -- Adam Vande More