Re: workstations syslogging to server (solved)

2002-09-26 Thread D. J. Bolderman
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, nate wrote: > as for local log entries maybe something like: > source src { udp(ip("192.168.1.1")); internal(); unix-stream /dev/log; }; > would work ?? I'm not sure I found the above unix-stream entry here: > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue43/scheidler.html Finally ! I

Re: workstations syslogging to server (almost there)

2002-09-26 Thread nate
D. J. Bolderman said: > You were right, i'm using UDP now, and messages from my client are placed > in /var/log-ng :) However, it doesn't create log-files with the hostname > in it, it just puts them in the existing logs of the server... yeah, only syslog entries that are not caught by any of th

Re: workstations syslogging to server (almost there)

2002-09-26 Thread D. J. Bolderman
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, nate wrote: > > Do you mean you are running BOTH syslog-ng and syslogd ? > on my syslog server yes, you don't have to, but I think you may have > to reconfigure syslog-ng so it listens on /dev/log to recieve local > events(maybe thats what internal() does ..) According to t

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread nate
D. J. Bolderman said: > Do you mean you are running BOTH syslog-ng and syslogd ? on my syslog server yes, you don't have to, but I think you may have to reconfigure syslog-ng so it listens on /dev/log to recieve local events(maybe thats what internal() does ..) > > anything anymore, although my

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread D. J. Bolderman
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, nate wrote: > > Also, I modified my client's syslog.conf with *.* @my.log.server > > but the logs are not arriving. I restarted klogd and sysklogd, and they > > are running, but no logs are being sent to my server. > as someone else reccomended, try the 'logger' program(nea

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread nate
D. J. Bolderman said: > > Well... I've installed syslog-ng on my server, and i've edited my > syslog-ng.conf file. My server logs are now appearing in /var/log-ng, and > I don't think that's right ?? that is right, if thats where you want them. thats where my syslog-ng.conf tells the daemon to st

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread D. J. Bolderman
Btw: check my conf at http://bolderman.xs4all.nl/~dick/syslog-ng.conf > > I have been running syslog-ng on freebsd for almost a year and below > > I post my syslog.conf: > > http://portal.aphroland.org/~aphro/syslog-ng.conf > > note I use an alternate log directory /var/log-ng so that system >

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread D. J. Bolderman
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, nate wrote: > I have been running syslog-ng on freebsd for almost a year and below > I post my syslog.conf: > 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

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread Mike Dresser
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, nate wrote: > *.* @your.syslog.server > THIS MUST BE SEPERATED BY TABS OR IT WILL NOT WORK! > > > then restart your syslog services. you should see a messages.$HOST where > $HOST is the host of the system you just restarted whi

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread nate
D. J. Bolderman said: ystem 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 :) hehe no prob :) that is

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-26 Thread D. J. Bolderman
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 th

Re: workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-25 Thread nate
D. J. Bolderman said: > Hi All, > > 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 se