Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:21:49 -0400 From: parv <parv@worldnet.att.net> To: "R. Fong Poen" <r.fongpoen@igr.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSH access lof file Message-ID: <20010802222149.A43704@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <HOEGKJEHPOIFECNFKKABMEIJCEAA.r.fongpoen@igr.nl>; from r.fongpoen@igr.nl on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 08:42:22PM %2B0200 References: <HOEGKJEHPOIFECNFKKABMEIJCEAA.r.fongpoen@igr.nl>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 02 14:42 -0400, sent by R. Fong Poen > ... > in the file /etc/ssh/ssh_config I would have: > > SyslogFacility AUTH > LogLevel INFO > > in the file /etc/syslog.conf I can set everything to be logged in 1 file ... hope i am not making too much generalizations and apologize to others if this seems too mundane and superfluous (which it is). a super concentrated dose of syslog* man pages: when you see two things like above, it means that the software provides logging facility for those particular "facility" and "level"; in this case, facility is "auth" & level is "info". in order to save record logs, then one has to specify level w/ facility along w/ log file in the syslogd config file... <facility>.<level> <file> ...or, to be specific... auth.info file ...for true enlightenment consult man pages for syslogd(8), syslog.conf(5), and syslog(3) ... may be even logger(1). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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