FW: Question about logging.
Brian Reichert
reichert at numachi.com
Wed May 28 10:47:06 PDT 2003
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 07:41:56PM +0200, Erik Paulsen Skålerud wrote:
> I'm forwarding this to security@, as I'm getting no replies on ipfw at .
>
> Hope it's relevant enough for you :(
>
> ---Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-ipfw at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-ipfw at freebsd.org]
> On Behalf Of Erik Paulsen Skålerud
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:02 AM
> To: ipfw at freebsd.org
> Subject: Question about logging.
>
>
> Sorry for asking this, It's probably been asked before, but I've searched
> google for a while now with no results :( I'm wondering if it's possible to
> restrict ipfw to -only- log to /var/log/ipfw.log ? Seems like the only way
> to remove ipfw-logging from the console output (dmesg) is to disable the
> security messages to the console.. Is there really no other way?
It says right in the mapagfe for ipfw(8):
When a packet matches a rule with the log keyword, a message will
be logged to syslogd(8) with a LOG_SECURITY facility.
So, unless you modify ipfw iteslf, you get to tune your syslogd.conf
file.
>
> Thanks, erik.
>
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