FC1 syslogd configuration to accept remote messages

Ronald Nissley ronn at emm.org
Fri Jul 9 18:58:40 UTC 2004


> Ronald Nissley wrote:
> > I'm trying to configure a ZyWALL 35 and syslog on an FC1 box for
> > logging. The firewall's syslog settings are:
> >
> > Active [X]
> > Syslog Server "FC1 box's private ip address"
> > Log Facility Local1
> >
> > On the FC1 box, I edited /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog.
> > Specifically, the line:
> >
> > SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r"
> >
> > I added the ' -r'.
> >
> > /etc/syslog.conf was also edited. The line:
> >
> > local1.*               /var/log/zyxel/zw30.log
> 
> I just changed
> /etc/sysconfig/syslog
> 
> to include the following
> 
> SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-r -m 0"
> 
> 
> and did a
> service syslog reload
> 
> It receives syslog messages from RH9 boxes
> 
> 
> Serge

Kudos, Serge! That did the trick.





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