Am 21.04.2012 19:36, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni: > On 04/21/2012 01:19 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >>> DD-wrt has a logging function which I am unable to make work per: >>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Logging_with_DD-WRT since it apparently needs syslogd which has been >>> replaced with syslog-ng if I understand what I've found. >> >> That page is referring to syslogd on the dd-wrt system, as far as I can tell. It mentions in passing that if you >> want to send logs to a remote host, that the remote host needs to be running a syslog daemon, but makes no >> mention of what daemon that should be. Any syslog daemon on the remote host would suffice. I have rsyslog at >> home with dd-wrt logging there. >> > Ok, I guess I didn't understand everything I read. It looks like > I have rsyslog running. > > However it says the log data should be sent to > /tmp/var/log/messages which does not exist. Of course there is > /var/log/messages but I see nothing there. I guess the question > then becomes should I create that file? first please get rid of your strange message-style! have you searched for rsyslog documentation? per default rsyslog does not accept network connections per default iptables does not open syslog port both is a good and sane default, each service which is not explicitly opened MUST NOT listen on the network so you have some work todo on your fedora box and "spit log to host xyz" is not enough!
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