Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 04:32:25 -0800 (PST) From: Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk> To: Thomas von Hassel <t@garbage.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best way to log from several servers Message-ID: <20030228043019.B28325@thor.65535.net> In-Reply-To: <2B3CC68F-4B18-11D7-9EAA-003065B0995C@garbage.dk> References: <2B3CC68F-4B18-11D7-9EAA-003065B0995C@garbage.dk>
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Thomas von Hassel wrote: > We have a few servers and we are getting tired of having to log into > each of them to check the logfile. (like tail -f /var/somelog) > > Is there a way to log things like /var/log/messages and > /var/log/maillog to one central logging server ? > > /thomas > -- you want to tweak /etc/syslogd.conf. You can log to remote machine using something like *.* @loghost.domain.com You might have to configure the firewall/remote syslog to accept the connections. Also if there is heavy network traffic you can not be guarenteed to get the messages as it uses UDP rather than TCP. My personal advice would be log both locally and remotly Rgds Rus -- http://www.65535.net | MSN: support@65535.net "More bits for your bite" Email - Web Space - Custom Solutions - Shell Accounts Please respect RFC1855 and don't top post To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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