Anything after --log-prefix must be in "quotes" if you want to use special characters that can be interpreted or spaces. It places this "text" after the hostname in /var/log/messages (You should also put a space before the final " to separate it from the next data value).
If you want a different file location other than /var/log/messages, you need to alter /etc/syslog.conf as described earlier, using --log-level 6 (for info level)or whatever. Regards, Peter On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 11:14, Michael Schwendt wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:58:40 -0700, Jack Bowling wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 11:05:52AM +0200, linux power wrote: > > > Unknown arg --log-prefix /var/log/firewall > > > Thats what I get in iptables -L > > > when I use .... -j LOG --log-prefix /var/log/firewall > > > and want to log outgoing unwanted signals. > > > Any idea how to turn logging on. > > > > I'm sure somebody posted this yesterday but you still don't seem to > > get it. The error message is telling you the truth: /var/log/firewall > > is*not* a valid argument to --log-prefix. > > It is a valid argument. /var/log/firewall is simply used as the > text string prefix in log messages. But order does matter: > > # iptables -I INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix /var/log/firewall > # > > iptables sees the "LOG" and knows it must used the LOG extension > module. The example above is equal. Hence I thought the error must > be somewhere else. > > # iptables -I INPUT --log-prefix /var/log/firewall -j LOG > iptables v1.2.5: Unknown arg --log-prefix' > Try iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. > # > > > the --log-prefix switch is > > there so you can add some text to the packet header to help you > > identify various packets. It is not there to redirect output to a > > separate log file. > > > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9t7nt0iMVcrivHFQRAsIVAJ42FkUwTrtNt/B32LsrPOZUcyuZaACdHeSe > uMat4NVKovPvwW35dkbzktA= > =prfO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
