From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 15:20:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C83DA106566B for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:20:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: from mail.r-bonomi.com (mx-out.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DEB28FC08 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:20:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from bonomi@localhost) by mail.r-bonomi.com (8.14.4/rdb1) id pAJFLGAP065517; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:21:16 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:21:16 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi Message-Id: <201111191521.pAJFLGAP065517@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kayasaman@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <4EC78BA6.1050107@gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Syslog server not logging remote machines to file? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:20:09 -0000 Kaya Saman wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got a really strange problem which seems to either be a bug with > the syslog server service or perhaps because I'm running jails on my > system..... > > I can log my router syslog information but somehow the syslog server > doesn't put the information into the designated file; which should be > /var/log/cisco857w.log??? > The -usual- 'gotcha' for this situation is that you have to _create_ the file FIRST, and then tell syslogd to reload it's configuration. (i.e. 'kill -HUP' the PID for syslogd)