Is there a problem with syslogd -a?
Anthony Atkielski
atkielski.anthony at wanadoo.fr
Fri Jan 7 23:21:09 PST 2005
Rob writes:
R> On 5.3, I have following in rc.conf:
R> syslogd_flags="-a 192.168.123.0/24 -b 192.168.123.254"
R>
R> on the machine that has IP 192.168.123.254.
R> It serves a cluster of 192.168.123.X with X = 1 to 7
R>
R> /etc/syslog.conf on the 192.168.123.X PCs has:
R> *.* @192.168.123.254
R>
R> and all syslog messages arrive on 192.168.123.254 and are stored there.
Thanks. I had not used the -b argument, but I think I found the
problem: I have to put -a 10.0.0.0/24:* in order to accept messages from
something other than syslog. I'm not sure what the router is calling
itself,but apparently syslog isn't it. When I use the wildcard, it
works.
--
Anthony
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