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Date:      Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:04:56 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mess with syslogd
Message-ID:  <551BC2C8.8020806@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1504011133150.1486@laptop.wojtek.intra>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1504011133150.1486@laptop.wojtek.intra>

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On 04/01/15 10:36, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> no idea how to debug a problem with syslogd. please help
>=20
> i use syslogd to log messages from multiple other unix machines, now i
> wanted to add logging from windows server (with evtsys program).
>=20
> if i run syslogd with
>=20
> syslogd_enable=3D"YES"            # Run syslog daemon (or NO).
> syslogd_flags=3D"-v -4 -8 -b 10.100.100.1"
>=20
>=20
> it logs messages fine from windows server as well as others.
>=20
>=20
> if i run it as
>=20
> syslogd_flags=3D"-v -4 -8 -b 10.100.100.1 -a 10.100.0.0/16"
>=20
> it logs messages fine from everything except windows servers, WHICH ARE=

> IN 10.100.0.0/16 network.
>=20
> Now i just use firewall rules to block logging from unwanted places, bu=
t
> no idea why just using -a blocks logs from windows/evtsys
>=20
> any idea?
>=20

You're implicitly telling syslogd what port numbers to accept on the
sending side.  The default is only to allow sending from port 514.
Instead, try:

syslogd_flags=3D"-v -4 -8 -b 10.100.100.1 -a 10.100.0.0/16:*"

In theory you should be able to limit to only accepting packets sent
from port 514 but I've found various different devices may use different
ports.  Looking at:

   # tcpdump -i em0 -A host 10.100.100.1 and port 514

should show what your systems are actually using.

	Cheers,

	Matthew



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