Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:48:47 +0500 From: applecom@inbox.ru To: Agus <agus.262@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disable syslogd 514.. Message-ID: <op.tmbg9fg4hbloih@xml.opera.com> In-Reply-To: <fda61bb50701171233x1e866casaed5a92a167cd54f@mail.gmail.com> References: <fda61bb50701171233x1e866casaed5a92a167cd54f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:33:13 +0500, Agus <agus.262@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi....
> doing a netstat -an i see that syslog is listening in UDP port 514....=
.i =
> am
> trying to disable it, but no luck....
> i checked the rc.conf but there is nothing there.....what do u =
> recommend? to
> disable it or to leave it?
> I do not use the machine as a remote syslog server so i cant see the
> use.....but who knows..
From syslogd(8):
"-s Operate in secure mode. Do not log messages from remote
machines. If specified twice, no network socket will be opene=
d
at all, which also disables logging to remote machines."
So 'syslogd_flags=3D"-ss"' can be added to /etc/rc.conf.
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