Hi, the default etc/syslog.conf has a commented out example for by-prog logging, but nothing for by-host logging. I fighted a bit with it; so why not providing an example in the EXAMPLES section of the manpage ?
Landry Index: syslog.conf.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5,v retrieving revision 1.34 diff -u -r1.34 syslog.conf.5 --- syslog.conf.5 6 Jul 2016 19:29:13 -0000 1.34 +++ syslog.conf.5 31 Jan 2018 19:40:59 -0000 @@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ # Root and Eric get alert and higher messages. *.alert root,eric +# Log everything coming from host bastion to a separate file +++bastion /var/log/bastion ++* + # Save mail and news errors of level err and higher in a # special file. mail,news.err /var/log/spoolerr
