topic Remote logging with syslogd in Operating System - HP-UX

Remote logging with syslogd

Jacques Larouche — Fri, 04 Jan 2002 16:12:28 GMT

When using remote logging (@otherhost in syslog.conf), is it possible to specify a file on the remote hosts?

I used to have this entry before:
local4.debug /var/adm/syslog/routers.log

and now that it's going to the remote log host, everything is going to the syslog.log file even if that remote host has a "local4.debug" entry.

Re: Remote logging with syslogd

Sanjay_6 — Fri, 04 Jan 2002 16:15:04 GMT

Hi Jaques,

you have to specify the file name in the /etc/syslog.conf file on the remote server. Use "man syslogd" for more info.

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: Remote logging with syslogd

Steven Gillard_2 — Fri, 04 Jan 2002 16:25:09 GMT

So I assume you have in /etc/syslog.conf on the local system:

local4.debug @remotehost

And on the remote host:

local4.debug /var/adm/syslog/routers.log

Does that not work? Are the systems both HPUX?

Regards,
Steve

Re: Remote logging with syslogd

Jeff Machols — Fri, 04 Jan 2002 16:25:32 GMT

there are two steps, first in the local syslog conf you redircet the message to the host

*.emerg @loghost

then on the log host, you specify the log file

*.emerg /logfile

the hostname will appear as the first entry of the message in the log file

Re: Remote logging with syslogd

Kevin Wright — Fri, 04 Jan 2002 20:03:37 GMT

you did HUP the syslogd PID right?
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid`