Syslog server not logging remote machines to file?

[Robert Bonomi]

Kaya Saman <kayasaman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got a really strange problem which seems to either be a bug with 
> the syslog server service or perhaps because I'm running jails on my 
> system.....
>
> I can log my router syslog information but somehow the syslog server 
> doesn't put the information into the designated file; which should be 
> /var/log/cisco857w.log???
>

The -usual- 'gotcha' for this situation is that you have to _create_ the 
file FIRST, and then tell syslogd to reload it's configuration.  (i.e. 
'kill -HUP' the PID for syslogd)