On May 16, 2004 05:52 am, azeem ahmad wrote: > i m also doing so but there is the problem of some programs that some times > use dynamic ports like msn messenger uses dynamic ports for file transfer > through it (i think so if it is wrong then tell me please) ad where the log > will go and can i specify any file instead of the one default > > Regards > Azeem > Your logging is managed by your syslog daemon -- syslog.conf will tell you where the log data are written. The default syslog daemon will not allow *too* much granularity on this front, but can be managed. I've since switched to syslog-ng which is more detail oriented, but takes a *lot* more reading to manage. *with much snippage for brevity* Alistair Tonner