On 12/28/09 1:28 PM, "Rodger Donaldson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Kern, Thomas wrote:
>> Given a series of linux servers sending their filtered syslog messages to a
>> central server, is there some facility in linux syslog (or an add-on) that
>> can parse the incoming messages and based on message content trigger some
>> linux action routine? Action routines might send email to some support staff,
>> invoke some other program (data collection/archive) or issue a command to
>> another server via a properly authorized path.

Most of the system management tools include one. Nagios has a nice one.

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