newbie - Remote logging - Help

[Karasik, Vitaly]

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I need to log the syslog messages from a host 192.168.1.10 to
> a host 192.168.1.3. Both are running Redhat 9 Linux.
> 
> There is no DNS in the network.
> 
> I did the following steps:
> 
> On the log server:
> ------------------
> 
> 1. I edited the /etc/services file to add the line
> 
> syslogd    514/UDP
> 
> 2. I stopped the syslogd with "service syslogd stop".
> 3. I restarted the network service too?
> 4. I srated the syslogd from command line using "syslogd -r"
> 
> Question: Can syslog do both remote (listen for other syslogs)
> and local logging (for the log server's messages)?

of course can.
you should edit /etc/syslogd.conf:

local7.debug            /var/adm/syslog/remote.syslog

See for more:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5476  syslog Configuration

 
http://www.precision-guesswork.com/sage-guide/syslog-overview.html syslog Overview
 
http://www.linux-mag.com/cgi-bin/printer.pl?issue=2000-09&article=guru Keeping Track of What Goes On
 
http://www.chinalinuxpub.com/doc/www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/logging.htm  
Troubleshooting Linux With Syslog [you can read here about logrotate too!]


> 
> ---------------------
> On the remote machine:
> ---------------------
> 
> 1. I edited /etc/syslog.conf to add this line
> 
> *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none              
> @mycomputer  -------> New line
> 
> *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none               
> /var/log/messages -------> Deleted Line
>                                                              
>                   
> 2. In the /etc/hosts file I entered the line
> 
> 192.168.1.3   mycomputer
> 
> Problem: The syslogd failed to start.
> > 

Any messages on console/logfile?
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