6.0, allow remote logging?

[Doug Poland]

On 2/5/06, Bill Schoolcraft <bill at wiliweld.com> wrote:
>> I've been trying to get 6.0 to allow itself to accept logs.
>>
>> I have a line in /etc/rc.conf that states the remote machine:
>>
>> syslogd_flags="-a 192.168.0.3"
>>
>> I have restarted "syslogd" so the output of "ps -auxw | grep syslog"
>> shows the following:
>>
>> root 21703 0.0 0.3 1296 748 ?? Ss 9:31PM 0:00.03 /usr/sbin/syslogd
-a 192.168.0.3
>>
>>
> And my 'ps -auxw' output shows syslogd running with the
> "-s <ipaddr>" too.  I wonder how to trigger that port to receive
> packets.  Apparently syslogd believes all is well. :(
>
I'm having the same problem getting syslogd to "work" on a 6.0-STABLE
box.  My ps -waux command shows the -a <ipaddr>, and sockstat -l
confirms that it's listening on port 514/udp.  Logging works from the
localhost only, not from any remote hosts.

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Regards,
Doug