J Bacher wrote: > > At 04:30 PM 7/22/2002 +0000, you wrote: > >Hi All > >I am trying to setup syslog on red hat 7.3 for a nortel 8600. 8600 was > >configured to send logs to another server before, but that server has been > >replaced with another another new linux box. and 8600 was sending logs to > >previous syslog server > >Now, i did the following: > >1 Edited /ets/syslog.conf file and added the following line: > > local6.debug /syslog/nortel_8600 > >2. I created /syslog/nortel_8600 file and has permission as 666 > >3. stopped the syslogd by doing following: > > I. kill -9 pid_of_syslogd > > II. syslogd > >4. After that i verified that syslogd is working by checking ps-ef\grep -i > >syslog > >5. But when i check the /syslog/nortel_8600, the file size is 0 > > > >Any body can help me out here, what i am doing wrong?? > > You have to tell syslog to accept remote connections. > > edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog file > > change SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0" to SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-r -m 0". > > save it and do a "./syslog restart" (no quotes). >
Actually, in 7.3 the correct place to change the syslog options is in the /etc/sysconfig/syslog file. If this file is present, the SYSLOGD_OPTIONS will be ignored. Best Cokey -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ F. 'Cokey' de Percin, DBA Email: CSC (formerly Mynd) Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
