Re: [SLUG] hosts.allow vs. syslogd vs. router

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 19:26:12 EDT


On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Matt Miller wrote:

> On Wednesday 08 October 2003 04:55 pm, you wrote:
> > How do I see which device isn't doing what I want? Thanks.
>
> What log facility is the router using?
> (ex. local7)
> Does the syslog.conf on your syslog server have an entry for that log facility
> and to where the actual logging is being redirected?
> (ex. local7.info /var/log/netdevices.log)

Good idea. I made an entry:

*.* /var/log/all

then

/etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog start
tail -f all

I restarted the router, and pulled the plug/reconnected it. That is
log-worthy, even if nothing else is. Still nothing.

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