> On 04 Aug 2003 16:44:30 +0100, Nick Lindsell wrote > > > > > > Dumb question time. If I tell the router to send log information to the Linux > > > server, how do I tell the Linux server to accept and log them? I assume the > > > Linksys router will send packets to the Linux server with log information. How > > > do those get processed by the Linux system? > > > > Add a "-r" flag to SYSLOG_OPTIONS in /etc/sysconfig/syslog:- > > > > SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r" > > > > Your linux syslog will now log from other machines. > > But won't this set up syslog to listen to packets on the syslog port (514)? > The router is sending packets to port 162 (per my logs). All I really want is > a daemon to listen to port 162, get the packets, format them, and put them in > a file (say /var/log/router). > > I am not clear on how the -r option will accomplish that?
You might want to check out http://woogie.net/linksysmon. I installed this a couple of weeks ago on my RH9 system with the Linksys 4 port router/switch. it also tells you about an undocumented log facility in the linksys. Charlie -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
