RedHat 5 should ship with rsyslog, which is a drop-in replacement for the syslogd package that is normally installed. The rsyslog can do pretty much everything the syslog-ng package will do. You can pattern match syslog entries and save them to different files. -KK On Jul 21, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Cesar Covarrubias wrote: > Dave, > > Not exactly sure if syslogd handles this, but I know syslog-ng does. http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/ > > Cesar Covarrubias > > On 07/21/2010 03:02 PM, Dave Martini wrote: >> Setting up a centralized RHEL syslog server. >> I've set SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r -x" >> in /etc/sysconfig/syslog. >> >> I've set my clients to point to the server in /etc/syslog.conf. >> >> Is there a way to have log info from certain client platforms >> go to separate log files on the log server? >> >> For instance, I'd like my Mac OSX clients to send their log >> information to a separate log file on my syslog server >> than my Linux clients go to. >> >> Both client types however have the same entry in their >> /etc/syslog.conf files >> >> *.* @syslogserver >> >> So how can it be distinguished? >> >> Is there an entry in the servers /etc/syslog.conf that could >> determine if the logs are coming from OSX vs. Linux? >> >> Thanks. >> David Martini >> LLNL >> > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list