On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:58:12 -400, Charles Denentt wrote > > On 04 Aug 2003 16:44:30 +0100, Nick Lindsell wrote > > > > > > > > Dumb question time. If I tell the router to send log information to the Linux > > > > server, how do I tell the Linux server to accept and log them? I assume the > > > > Linksys router will send packets to the Linux server with log information. How > > > > do those get processed by the Linux system? > > > > > > Add a "-r" flag to SYSLOG_OPTIONS in /etc/sysconfig/syslog:- > > > > > > SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r" > > > > > > Your linux syslog will now log from other machines. > > > > But won't this set up syslog to listen to packets on the syslog port (514)? > > The router is sending packets to port 162 (per my logs). All I really want is > > a daemon to listen to port 162, get the packets, format them, and put them in > > a file (say /var/log/router). > > > > I am not clear on how the -r option will accomplish that? > > You might want to check out http://woogie.net/linksysmon. I > installed this a couple of weeks ago on my RH9 system with the > Linksys 4 port router/switch. it also tells you about an > undocumented log facility in the linksys.
Absolutely perfect. Installed and logging. Thank you. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
