topic syslog.conf file in Operating System - Linux

syslog.conf file

Account Not Used — Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:22:44 GMT

When doing a "man syslogd/syslog/ it gives examples of configuring the syslog.conf file when wanting to redirect the output to a syslog server as well as to it's own syslog.log.
EXAMPLE: *alert @syslog_server_name". Do I need to give a directory path too & not just the server name or does it output to where the syslog.log file exist on the server the output is being redirected to? Did I make any sense.

Re: syslog.conf file

linuxfan — Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:45:51 GMT

Hi Michael,

You do not need to specify the path on the remote machine, just specifying the remote host would suffice.

-HTH
Ramesh

Re: syslog.conf file

Wodisch — Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:32:47 GMT

Hello Michael,

isn't there a period missing?

*.alert @machine

I just tested the following line in the
"/etc/syslog.conf" one machineA:

user.info @machineB

and sent a "kill -1" to the running "syslogd"
to make it re-read its config file.

Then I open a terminal-window to "machineB"
and watched the "syslog.log" over there:

tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

and in another terminal window on "machineA"
I sent a message to the local syslogd:

logger -i "Hello world"

It appeared in both syslog.log files!

HTH,
Wodisch

Re: syslog.conf file

Kodjo Agbenu — Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:49:03 GMT

Hello Michael,

Don't forget that the remote syslog server must be started with the "-r" option. Without that option, it would just ignore received syslog messages.

Good luck.

Kodjo

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