Disable syslogd 514..

[Jeff Royle]

Agus wrote:
> Hi....
> doing a netstat -an i see that syslog is listening in UDP port 
> 514.....i am
> trying to disable it, but no luck....
> i checked the rc.conf but there is nothing there.....what do u 
> recommend? to
> disable it or to leave it?
> I do not use the machine as a remote syslog server so i cant see the
> use.....but who knows..
>
> thanxsss
> _______________________________________________

I assume your syslogd is running with -s.  

If you use -s twice it will disable listening on network sockets 
completely.  

See man syslogd

Cheers,

Jeff