But what else will be pushed into that file? I would like a file -just- for the firewall messages, so I can write a script to glean through it and find out what is being trapped by my end-of-chain LOG messages that describe what is being dropped.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bailey Kong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:21 AM Subject: Re: Logging to unique file > you need to edit /etc/syslog.conf > if you want all kernel messages logged to that file, add or edit > > #kern.* /dev/console > > to > > kern. /var/log/firewall > > if you have a specific kernel level that you want to log to the firewall > file, for example lets take kernel level notice add or edit > kern.notice /var/log/firewall > > hope this helps, if i did something wrong fillfree to correct me > > Best Regards > Bailey > > John Jones said: > > How does one change syslog.conf to pipe iptables output to a unique > > file, say /var/log/firewall ? > > > > What I mean to ask, what kind of messages are these being generated by > > iptables' -L option? > > > >
