redirect bind logs out of the syslog.log

[jpcast_real]

Hello,

I need to redirect bin logs out of the syslog.log . I have tried to modied the named.conf but it seems the structure I have made is not correct. I have also tried to modify the syslog.conf but I has not worked.

The configuration which does not work:

logging {
category default { debug ; };
category general { "debug" ; };
category security { "debug" ; };
category config { "debug" ; };
category resolver { "debug" ; };
category xfer-in { "debug" ; };
category xfer-out { "debug" ; };
category notify { "debug" ; };
category client { "debug" ; };
category unmatched { "debug" ; };
category network { "debug" ; };
category update { "debug" ; };
category queries { "debug" ; };
category dispatch { "debug" ; };
category dnssec { "debug" ; };
channel debug {
file "named.log" versions 2 size 50m;
print-time yes;
print-category yes;
};
};


The syslog messages :

May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: starting. named 8.1.2 Fri Nov 21 05:54:28 GMT 2003 PH
NE_30068
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:2: syntax error near debug
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:3: invalid logging category 'general'
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:4: unknown channel 'debug'
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:5: unknown channel 'debug'
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:6: invalid logging category 'resolver'
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:7: unknown channel 'debug'
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:8: unknown channel 'debug'
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:9: unknown channel 'debug'
May 12 14:34:04 Aramis named[7564]: /etc/named.conf:10: invalid logging category 'client'
Aramis:/var/adm/syslog> named -version

Any help will be good revarded , "with points"

[Rainer von Bongartz · Accepted solution]

Try it this way, it works for me at last:

logging{
channel "simple_log" {
file "/var/adm/syslog/named.log" versions 3 size 5m;
severity warning;
print-time yes;
print-severity yes;
print-category yes;
};

channel "query_log" {
file "/var/adm/syslog/query.log" versions 3 size 5m;
print-time yes;
print-severity yes;
print-category yes;
};

category default{
"simple_log";
};
category client{
"simple_log";
};
category queries{
"query_log";
};
category general{
"simple_log";
};


Regards
rainer

[Rick Garland]

Another option would be to recompile the BIND and in the configure option tell it what the log file is suppose to be.

[Bejoy C Alias]

U r using bind 8.1.2 as from the syslog. It may not be supporting the logging categories client , resolver , general ( I am not sure ). Also u r not using quotes at the first category . Try declaring the channels first and the categories after wards.