Hi Thomas, > We have a few servers and we are getting tired of having to log into > each of them to check the logfile. (like tail -f /var/somelog) > > Is there a way to log things like /var/log/messages and > /var/log/maillog to one central logging server ?
yes of course: set up a central syslog server. As others mentioned before, the default syslog is not the first choice if you have two aspects to be important: - encryption - reliability Both items are solved, if you use syslog-ng. It works with tcp instead of udp (reliability) and you can tunnel it over ssl or so if you need encryption. Google for "syslog-ng central log server" and you should find some interesting reading. hth -volker To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
