FreeBSD 6.2 default bind9, question about customize logging [re-post]

[Duane Whitty]

On Sunday,  8 July 2007 at 12:06:26 -0700, Patrick Dung wrote:
> I am using FreeBSD 6.2 with the default bind (not ports).
> By default chroot is used.
> 
> When named start or stop, it does have log in /var/log/messages.
> But for example, when some do domain transfer successfully, that is not
> logged (zone transfer denied is logged).
> 
> So I tried to add this part in named.conf (enabled local0.* in
> syslog.conf) , but still no luck. Any suggestions?
> 
> logging {
>         channel named-log {
>                 //syslog daemon;
>                 syslog local0;
>                 severity info;
>                 print-category yes;
>         };
>      category default { named-log; };
>      category xfer-in { named-log; };
>      category xfer-out { named-log; };
>      category unmatched { null; };
> };
> 
> Thanks
> Patrick
> 
Hi Patrick,

I have not configured this in named.conf but I have accomplished
the same task using rndc(8). I used rndc trace level.  Sorry but I can't
remember what trace level I used for the zone xfer to be logged.

Best Regards,

Duane