> Hi Everyone > I have been asking myself for quite some time why there was so much > redundancy in the content of /var/log files in a LEAF distro. > A typical example is when your ports are being scanned, that is when your > iptables messages starts increasing. You will find them in : > 1/ kernel.log > 2/ syslog > 3/ messages > and your /var/log will get big, big,... > > Which all boils down to the structure of /etc/syslog.conf which is attached > at the end of this message (this is the one used in Bering but leasily copied > from the one in Dachstein). > > Has any one some ideas about the "optimal" way to setup this? I'll welcome > any feedback on this issue. > > Jacques >
This is the one from slackware, i think it's verry clean. You can remove the uucp en news entries. # /etc/syslog.conf # For info about the format of this file, see "man syslog.conf" # and /usr/doc/sysklogd/README.linux. # Uncomment this to see kernel messages on the console. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything 'info' or higher, but lower than 'warn'. # Exclude authpriv, cron, mail, and news. These are logged elsewhere. *.info;*.!warn;\ authpriv.none;cron.none;mail.none;news.none /var/log/messages # Log anything 'warn' or higher. # Exclude authpriv, cron, mail, and news. These are logged elsewhere. *.warn;\ authpriv.none;cron.none;mail.none;news.none /var/log/syslog # Debugging information is logged here. *.=debug /var/log/debug # Private authentication message logging: authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Cron related logs: cron.* /var/log/cron # Mail related logs: mail.* /var/log/maillog # Emergency level messages go to all users: *.emerg * # This log is for news and uucp errors: uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler # Uncomment these if you'd like INN to keep logs on everything. # You won't need this if you don't run INN (the InterNetNews daemon). #news.=crit /var/log/news/news.crit #news.=err /var/log/news/news.err #news.notice /var/log/news/news.notice Regards, Eric Spakman ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel