syslog config for remote logging

[Yong Siew Lee]

Hi,

I am trying to configure my local syslog to send it's mail log to a centralised syslog server. May I know what is the difference between the following 2 lines in /etc/syslog.conf :

mail.debug ifdef(`LOGHOST', /var/log/syslog, @loghost)

mail.debug @loghost

If I want to have the log in my local syslog.log and the remote syslog server, what should I put in my syslog.conf?

Thank you.

[Bill Hassell]

I've never seen the ifdef statement in docs about syslog.conf. The correct entry is:

mail.debug @ somehost.domain.org

Naturally, this host must be running syslogd. Test the ability of a remote host to accept and log entries with the logger command.