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

workstations syslogging to server

2002-09-25 Thread D. J. Bolderman
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 service for this, but I can't seem t