On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:44:10 +0100, Landry Breuil wrote: > the default etc/syslog.conf has a commented out example for by-prog > logging, but nothing for by-host logging. I fighted a bit with it; so > why not providing an example in the EXAMPLES section of the manpage ?
I recently did the same so an example would be nice. I do have one question though. > Index: syslog.conf.5 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5,v > retrieving revision 1.34 > diff -u -r1.34 syslog.conf.5 > --- syslog.conf.5 6 Jul 2016 19:29:13 -0000 1.34 > +++ syslog.conf.5 31 Jan 2018 19:40:59 -0000 > @@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ > # Root and Eric get alert and higher messages. > *.alert root,eric > > +# Log everything coming from host bastion to a separate file > +++bastion /var/log/bastion > ++* Shouldn't this be: # Log everything coming from host bastion to a separate file ++bastion /var/log/bastion *.* +* > + > # Save mail and news errors of level err and higher in a > # special file. > mail,news.err /var/log/spoole > rr >
