Re: FC1 syslogd configuration to accept remote messages

[Serge de Souza <serge cs curtin edu au>]

Ronald Nissley wrote:
> I'm trying to configure a ZyWALL 35 and syslog on an FC1 box for 
> logging. The firewall's syslog settings are:
>
> Active [X]
> Syslog Server "FC1 box's private ip address"
> Log Facility Local1
>
> On the FC1 box, I edited /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog.
> Specifically, the line:
>
> SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r"
>
> I added the ' -r'.
>
> /etc/syslog.conf was also edited. The line:
>
> local1.*               /var/log/zyxel/zw30.log

I just changed
/etc/sysconfig/syslog

to include the following

SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-r -m 0"


and did a
service syslog reload

It receives syslog messages from RH9 boxes


Serge