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Date:      Sat, 19 Feb 2000 12:47:45 -0700 (MST)
From:      Ivan Fetch <ivanfetch@technologist.com>
To:        Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com>
Cc:        Ivan Fetch <ivanfetch@technologist.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can ipfw log to somewhere else other than the console?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.20.0002191243390.1175-100000@ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002191317090.678-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com>

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Hello,

On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Gene Harris wrote:

> syslog.conf is your friend.

Yes.

>ipfw logs through the
> kernel.info and higher.

I added the following to /etc/syslog.conf prior to writing my previous
message, and restarted syslog:
*.* root

Logging in as root and entering:
ipfw add deny log logamount 100 all from ip_address to any

Then, when generating trafic with that IP address - although the trafic
was denied - I got nothing on the terminal (although I got plenty of other
syslog stuff).

Any ideas?


>you can also direct ipfw logging to
> a differenet file via syslog, with a line similar to the
> following in your syslog.conf file:
> 
> !ipfw
> *.*                             /var/log/ipfw.log

Would this log only ipfw related stuff or everything which comes through
syslog?


Thank You,
Ivan.
> 
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Ivan Fetch wrote:
> 
> >  Hi,
> >     I have looked through the ipfw manual page with out luck - I would like
> >  to have packet logging written to somewhere other than the console and
> >  this does not seem to be possible.  FOr example's sake:
> >  ipfw add 301 deny log all from badpeople.org to any
> >  
> >  I would like results of that rule to go into a file vs. the
> >  console.  Nothing seems to be sent to syslog at all - Is it possible to
> >  change this behavior?
> 
> Again, you need to look at your syslog.conf file.
> kernel.info and above is the logging facility/level that
> ipfw writes to.
> 
> >  
> >  Thank YOu,
> >  Ivan.
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
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