And you might need to restart syslogd with a different start up param
so that it does not ignore messages from outside sources.
---Mike
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:54:30 +0000, in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you
wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 03:38:19PM -0000, Edward Butler wrote:
>> I am looking to dump the log files from various Cisco routers on to one
>> of various FreeBSD boxes we are running ( mainly FreeBSD 4.4 ) once the
>> logs have been dumped to then rotate these in a similar way that other
>> system logs files are rotated - dns, www and mail etc...
>>
>> My question is - do I need to compile a specific syslog collector or
>> will syslog on its own be able to handle these messages? Also how can I
>> reconfigure logrotate to include these log files?
>
>1) Tell Cisco routers to use a specific facility/priority for their messages.
>2) Tell syslog.conf to place the messages using this facility/priority into
>their own log file.
>3) Tell newsyslog.conf to rotate these logs according to the desired policy.
>
>No need to install logrotate. newsyslog is the default FreeBSD log file
>rotation tool.
>
>BMS
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