Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:30:45 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> To: 'Mike Meyer' <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: How To Receive Syslog Messages From Another Device? Message-ID: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F0239259FD5@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <15161.2940.652129.5196@guru.mired.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Meyer [mailto:mwm@mired.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:24 PM > To: Drew Tomlinson > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How To Receive Syslog Messages From Another Device? > > > Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> types: > > I have a 3Com ADSL router for my home network. I have found that it > > (according to the docs) has the capability to send log > messages to syslogd > > on my FBSD box. I think I've set up the router correctly > as it shows that > > it's sent 126 messages but I have received none on my FBSD > box. I assume > > that there's some setup required with FBSD to allow it to > receive the > > messages. I've read the man page for syslog.conf and > restarted syslogd > > with -a xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:* where the xxx is the ip of my > router. Yet I am > > still not receiving messages. I have searched the 3Com > site for a "how to" > > but could find none. Does anybody have any ideas on what I > might need to do > > to get this working or what additional information I need to find? > > Hmm - it works fine for me, without the ":*" as I'm going from FBSD to > FBSD. You do need to make sure that syslogd is started without "-s", > as that causes it to ignore the -a. If syslog is sending packets > from the syslog udp port, you might try dropping the ":*". Thanks for your response. I'm still a newbie but learning. :) I recall when I setup ntpd that to get log messages, I had to put an entry in syslog.conf that was something along the lines of: ntp.info /var/log/ntp.log Where ntp is the "name" (for lack of a better word) of the program sending the message and info is the level at which to log. The file spec is the file to log to. So I assume I need the "name" of the messages coming from my router and add a similar line to syslog.conf. Would this be correct? I've called 3Com to get this "name" and all they could do was point me to some freeware syslog daemons for Windows. > If nothing else works, enable a firewall on the destination box set to > log everything, and see what's getting sent to it. So if I do this, will I see the "name" I need above? What is some good "how to's" for doing this? I assume there's something in the handbook. Anywhere else you'd recommend I look? Thanks again for your help! Drew > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. 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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