Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:42:12 -0700 (MST) From: Ivan Fetch <ivanfetch@technologist.com> To: Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com> Cc: Ivan Fetch <ivanfetch@technologist.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can ipfw log to somewhere else other than the console? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0002200038060.309-100000@ibis.ivanfetch.tzo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002192124200.678-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com>
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Hi, [snip] > > I added the following to /etc/syslog.conf prior to writing my previous > > message, and restarted syslog: > > *.* root > > Umm... Not quite right. The entry would log to a file > named root in the current directory. Also, the file "root" > must exist. This part workked (for other syslog messages) - I would receive syslog output when ever I was logged in as root. I got the concept from other entries already present in /etc/syslog.conf from FreeBSD 3.4-release: # $FreeBSD: src/etc/syslog.conf,v 1.9.2.1 1999/08/29 14:19:02 peter Exp $ # [snip] *.err root *.notice;news.err root #*.alert root [.....] Ivan. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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