Re: syslog routing of messages to files

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:52:44AM -0500, Stewart M. Ives wrote:
> 2nd Request guys.
> 
> Didn't hear anything the first time around.
> 
> Thought I would bump this one again.
> 
> Any input would be appreciated.
> 
> stew
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> Hello,
> 
> I set up a RH Linux box (7.2) to be a syslog server.
> 
> When I get messages in from the Cisco router they are all going into the
> /var/log/messages file.  The messages are coming in over UDP port 514.
> 
> Is there a way to hav ethe system (linux) box route these messages to a
> separate file rather then the /var/log/messages file.  I looked in
> /etc/syslog.conf but couldn't figure it out.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> stew
Look in man syslog.conf. There are catagories of messages and catagories
of severity that can be placed in different files.
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