Re: filtering syslog by remote host?

[Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rasputin 
writes:
> 
> Hi there - wondered if BSD's native syslog could
> filter events based on the orginating host?
> 
> man syslog.conf seems to indicate it can, but I can't get it working.
> 
> (Most online resources refer to syslog-ng, but I'm hoping to do it with the b
> ase
> system if possible)
> 
> Does anyone have a working config they could post?

Try sending syslog output to a pipe or a file and have swatch filter 
the output for you.  We do this at work, filtering out messages to be 
sent to our pager/cell phones.


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Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
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