Re: OS X and syslog

From: Andy Mrozek (AndyMrozek@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Dec 25 2004 - 18:14:01 GMT-3


I would guess that it is the -a option.... In redhat enterprise v3 it is
-r option , look around mac lists to see what network setting allows it
to accept from the network , I am sure this is your issue....... Please
let us know when you figure what switch it is , as I am a mac closet fan
myself..... ;)

Andy Mrozek wrote:

> In some unix implementations of syslogd , by default they only run for
> local processes such as sendmail , init , etc etc..... this can be
> verified with:
>
> ps -aux | grep syslogd
>
> If you see a syslogd -m then this is the case , and your syslog wont
> accept messages over your network interface .... Kill the process and
> relaunch syslogd with the -r option...
>
> -HTH
>
> Joseph Rothstein wrote:
>
>> I'm hoping someone can help me out here.
>>
>> I am trying to setup my OS X machine as a syslog server. In the
>> syslog.conf file, I have created the following entry:
>>
>> local7.debug /var/log/cisco.log
>>
>> The cisco.log file exists, and I used chmod 666 to change the
>> privileges.
>>
>> I configured one of my routers with the following:
>>
>> logging 192.168.1.100 (address of my OS X machine)
>>
>> This address is pingable, and there is no FW in the way.
>>
>> For some reason I do not get any entries in the cisco.log file as I
>> would expect.
>>
>> netstat -a shows that syslog is a running udp protocol.
>>
>> If there are any UNIX gurus out there who might know of any reason
>> why this doesn't work, I'd love to hear from you.
>>
>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> CCIE #14140
>>
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