On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:43:19 +0300, Kuruvilla, Chindu wrote: > Hello, > > I'm Chindu Kuruvilla working as Computer Support Specialist > working with College of the North Atlantic - Qatar in the Middle East. > > I was setting up a syslog server for managing our Cisco devices & I am a > novice user @ Linux & this is my first time setting up a debian. But I'm > sure I've read the proper manuals for installation. > > Most forums & documents recommend using a Linux box is best for setting > up a syslog since it has the syslog daemon built-in. I decided to use > the most recent release(4.0 r0 "Etech") & I could not setup the syslogd > process as the contents of the sysklogd does not correspond with what is > given in the forums. > > The sysklogd.conf is supposed to contain the term (SYSLOG=" ") which > needs to be converted to (SYSLOG="r -m0") since that command sets syslog > to listen remotely & put marks. > > Now the sysklog.conf does not contain the above term & I put the term > manually in the file & saved it. But after I restarted the daemon, I did > a netstat & the system does not listen for remote notifications (udp > 514).
I think you have to set this up using /etc/default/syslogd; see the comments in that file and "man 8 syslogd". (I am using Debian Sid which has a slightly newer version of the sysklogd package, but I think it works the same on Etch.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
