Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 08:21:07 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a problem with syslogd -a? Message-ID: <1883206833.20050108082107@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <41DF15F8.1070900@yahoo.com> References: <343219484.20050107233602@wanadoo.fr> <41DF15F8.1070900@yahoo.com>
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Rob writes: R> On 5.3, I have following in rc.conf: R> syslogd_flags="-a 192.168.123.0/24 -b 192.168.123.254" R> R> on the machine that has IP 192.168.123.254. R> It serves a cluster of 192.168.123.X with X = 1 to 7 R> R> /etc/syslog.conf on the 192.168.123.X PCs has: R> *.* @192.168.123.254 R> R> and all syslog messages arrive on 192.168.123.254 and are stored there. Thanks. I had not used the -b argument, but I think I found the problem: I have to put -a 10.0.0.0/24:* in order to accept messages from something other than syslog. I'm not sure what the router is calling itself,but apparently syslog isn't it. When I use the wildcard, it works. -- Anthony
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