On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, nate wrote: > > I'm trying to setup my debian workstations to redirect all their > > logs to my server. My server is running logcheck so it would be nice > > if I would get an e-mail with all "strange" things that happen on my > > workstations.
> > I know i must configure the syslog service for this, but I can't > > seem to figure it out. Can anybody please point me in the right > > direction ? > I strongly reccomend using syslog-ng for this. normal syslog would > just be a nightmare because it doesn't have the filtering capabilities > that syslog-ng has. > http://portal.aphroland.org/~aphro/syslog-ng.conf > note I use an alternate log directory /var/log-ng so that system > utilities don't screw the files up(e.g. log rotation). Easier then > going through the system and disabling such programs manually. Thanks for sharing your config file Nate. One thing I don't understand is: is this the config file from your server or your workstations? Sorry, but I'm just a beginner with syslog-ng you know :) Thanks -- D.J. Bolderman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
