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Date:      Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:24:05 -0800
From:      Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: still having syslog problems
Message-ID:  <20030121152405.GD25795@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>
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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 02:34:36AM -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote:
>=20
> i'm having huge problems with localizing the messages sent to my FreeBSD
> box by my router and my firewall appliance.  all the messages seem to be
> congregating in /var/log/messages, when i don't want them to.
>=20
> i'm thinking that, the following might be an issue.=20
>=20
> --------
> *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console=20
> *.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages=20
> --------
>=20
> the "*.notice" second line, i'm assuming means that all notices,
> regardless of source, are to be sent to /var/log/messages.=20
>=20
> unfortunately, i don't know the severity rating of the messages that the
> firewall is sending.=20
>=20
> maybe you can help me out. a typical message looks like this:=20
>=20
> Jan 20 20:19:08 <16.5> (806 hostname) id=3Dfirewall sn=3D(serial number of
> webramp) time=3D"2003-01-20 20:19:07" fw=3D(some ip address) pri=3D5 c=3D=
256 m=3D38
> msg=3D"ICMP packet dropped" n=3D2956 src=3D=3D(some ip address) dst=3D=3D=
(some ip
> address) rule=3D0^M=20
>=20
> again, an assumption, but i think that pri=3D5 means priority 5, which se=
ems
> to be a notification level event with the cisco router.=20
>=20
> if this is the case, how could i redirect only FreeBSD notifications to go
> to messages?=20
>=20
> this is what i have right now:
>=20
> ------
> # external hosts (router and firewall)=20
> !router=20
> local7.* /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.alert /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.crit /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.debug /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.emerg /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.err /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.info /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.notice /var/log/router-logs=20
> #local7.warn /var/log/router-logs=20
> ------
>=20
> i made the files ahead of time by doing a "touch router-logs".  also is
> noting this as " !router " allowable?=20
>=20
> i didn't get a clear indication of how to do it in the documentation? is
> it local0.notice or something?

You need to find out what "facility" your Cisco is configured to use.
As you indicate above, it could be local7.  However, I don't believe that
your program designation of "!route" is valid.  Try your line
local7.*	/var/log/router-logs
near the top of the /etc/syslog.conf file.  Read `man syslog.conf`.

Nathan

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