On 13/12/02 20:34 +0000, netsec novice wrote: > I'm hoping I don't generate flames because this is somewhat off-topic but I > have been googling for a while and I'm not getting the answer I'm looking > for. I need information on how I view or set up syslog on a Linux platform Logs generally tend to go to files mentioned in /etc/syslog.conf
> (specifically SuSE 8.1) I am BRAND new to Linux and purchased SuSE to force > myself to learn. My first project is to set it up as a syslog security > server. Yes - I have also done man syslog. I am familiar with syslog > servers (Kiwi) in the windows environment. What is the method to viewing > logs on Linux? Typing syslogd at the command line tells me that syslogd is Use grep/text editor/tail/perl log analyser. Logs are plain text files. > already running but I don't see it listening as a service when I type > netstat -an. Any help is appreciated... a direction for information if you netstat -anu would be more specific. You need to start syslogd with the -r option (it doesn't listen to a UDP socket by default, but only a local socket). See the /etc/init.d/syslog startup script, or use yast2. Devdas Bhagat
