From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 06:35:31 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0573916A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:35:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from keymaster.look.ca (delta1.look.ca [207.136.80.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 603D043D5A for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:35:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david+dated+1109486127.c1b9c8@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com ([209.161.205.12]) by keymaster.look.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1D3Tdp-0002RW-7w for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:35:29 +0000 Received: (from root@localhost) by 3s1.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) id j1M6ZS2w005896 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:35:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david+dated+1109486127.c1b9c8@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 3s1.com (8.12.8p1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id j1M6ZR3W005872 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:35:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (from david@localhost) by 3s1.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id j1M6ZRo4005871 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:35:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david+dated+1109486127.c1b9c8@skytracker.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: 3s1.com: david set sender to david+dated+1109486127.c1b9c8@skytracker.ca using -f Received: by 3s1.com (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1000); Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:35:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:35:25 -0500 To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050222063525.GA4636@skytracker.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i From: David Banning X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.0.2 (Bold Forbes) X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.3 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: david+dated+1109486127.c1b9c8@skytracker.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on omega.look.ca X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=9.0 tests=FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Version: 3.1 (built Tue Feb 24 05:09:27 GMT 2004) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Subject: logging proftpd question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:35:31 -0000 Presently all my proftpd logging goes to /var/log/messages but it is clogging that file because I have an ftp login every couple of minutes. I want to redirect proftpd logging. I tried putting proftpd:* /var/log/proftpd.log in my /etc/syslog.conf but syslogd complains; syslogd: unknown facility name "proftpd" looking at the man page for proftpd is says; Each successful and failed ftp(1) session is logged using syslog with a facility of LOG_FTP. Note: LOG_FTP messages are not displayed by sys- logd(8) by default, and may have to be enabled in syslogd(8)'s configu- ration file. So I tried; LOG_FTP:* /var/log/proftpd.log still no go. I am unfamiliar with logging. Can someone help me along here? --