Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:09:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: <smnoldelinux@mediaone.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Using syslogd Message-ID: <20010703140850.Y27505-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20010703135844.N2342-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
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Make sure /etc/syslog.conf does not contain any spaces. Everything should be TAB separated. If you use spaces, things will fail silently. You'll also want to confirm that 514/udp is being opened using netstat or sockstat. Looks like that should be okay, though. Joe Clarke On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 scott.nolde@mediaone.net wrote: > I'm having a helluva time getting syslogd to log the syslog packets from a > cisco router. Here's my setup: > > in /etc/rc.conf: > syslogd_enable="YES" > syslogd_flags="-a 192.168.1.249" > > in /etc/syslogd.conf: > *.* /var/log/messages > > I'm receiving packets at the network interface and have made an ipfw rule > to allow them specifically (even on an OPEN firewall): > 63000 188 18944 allow udp from 192.168.1.249 to any 514 > > My loghost has ip address of 192.168.1.200, so the above *should* work > according to the man pages. > > I've even verified the ability to log to a linux laptop, but not to my > FreeBSD4.3-STABLE box. > > Can anyone provide a clue as to why it's not logging? > > Thanks, > Scott > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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