syslog to remote host

[Petra Sandberg]

Hi!

I'm trying to set up a syslog notice to a remote host through a firewall and now I'm stucked. The server on the other side of the firewall is configured to reseve messages from my host.

syslog.conf

local2.notice @

and then I run

logger -p local2.notice "test_message"

Have I missed something

[Eugen Cocalea · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Make sure the firewall allows port 514/udp through it. The port is used by syslog for remote logging.

Also make sure your DNS is working well and the local machine resolves the name of the remote machine, or, use the ip address in /etc/syslog.conf

E.

[Rob Galloway_1]

Have you sent a HUP to your syslogd to make it reread its syslog.conf file?

if not send a HUP to the process

kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid`

should do the trick.

Hope this helps.

[Petra Sandberg]

Thanks Eugen, it was a DNS problem, the case is solved.