FC1 syslogd configuration to accept remote messages

Alexander Dalloz alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de
Fri Jul 9 17:20:24 UTC 2004


Am Fr, den 09.07.2004 schrieb Ronald Nissley um 19:06:

> 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'.

Maybe your environment need the -x switch too?

> /etc/syslog.conf was also edited. The line:
> 
> local1.*               /var/log/zyxel/zw30.log

> 'man syslogd' on the FC1 box states that in addition to starting with
> the '-r' option, the /etc/services file must have the line:
> 
> 'syslog              514/udp'

You must get following on the Fedora host:

$ netstat -ualpen | grep 514
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:514             0.0.0.0:*   0         
689295     31427/syslogd

Alexander


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