Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 19:53:23 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obtaining Syslog message from a Cisco Router Message-ID: <4ig020dr1d98sfvpejljiu8d52t7t17gqt@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <20040203155430.GA2447@saboteur.dek.spc.org> References: <4A22D4DACF836546ACB71760692F5B4D01044DA6@accenthouseexch1.accenthouse.co.uk> <20040203155430.GA2447@saboteur.dek.spc.org>
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And you might need to restart syslogd with a different start up param so that it does not ignore messages from outside sources. ---Mike On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:54:30 +0000, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you wrote: >On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 03:38:19PM -0000, Edward Butler wrote: >> I am looking to dump the log files from various Cisco routers on to = one >> of various FreeBSD boxes we are running ( mainly FreeBSD 4.4 ) once = the >> logs have been dumped to then rotate these in a similar way that other >> system logs files are rotated - dns, www and mail etc... >>=20 >> My question is - do I need to compile a specific syslog collector or >> will syslog on its own be able to handle these messages? Also how can = I >> reconfigure logrotate to include these log files? > >1) Tell Cisco routers to use a specific facility/priority for their = messages. >2) Tell syslog.conf to place the messages using this facility/priority = into >their own log file. >3) Tell newsyslog.conf to rotate these logs according to the desired = policy. > >No need to install logrotate. newsyslog is the default FreeBSD log file >rotation tool. > >BMS >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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