remote logging with syslogd question

[Victor Gamov]

Try to use

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#+localhost
...
#-localhost
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for local messages and

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#+192.168.1.1
*.*				/var/log/192.168.1.1.log
#-192.168.1.1
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for messages from remote


On 20.08.2021 18:52, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> Dear Experts,
> 
> I decided to climb out of cave and set up remote log server. I followed 
> handbook to configure syslogd for that. All is trivial (spare disabling 
> -ss and replacing it with -s flag, as the first prevents opening network 
> sockets).
> 
> But although all works like a charm, logs from remote client not only go 
> to designated for them place, but also are going to respective log files 
> of machine I use as log server. And the last makes a mess.
> 
> I wonder if someone can think of some trivial mistake I am making.
> 
> The only mistake I can think of is mixing two things, namely, I should 
> have left syslog alone to do what it does, and use separate daemon (e.g. 
> rsyslog) to run as remote log server. That mistake I happily admit, and 
> am pursuing this better avenue. But I'm still curios what obvious 
> mistake I might have made with syslogd.
> 
> 
> Thanks for your insights!
> 
> Valeri
> 

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CU,
Victor Gamov