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Log messages containing a specific string to another file in rsyslogd
I want to save my log messages generated by iptables to another file via rsyslogd.
Currently I use this code from /etc/rsyslog.d/20-custom.conf:
# Log cron to cron.log and not to syslog
*.*;cron,...
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rsyslogd: How to prevent logging in the /var/kern.log file and redirecting to another file?
I am trying to redirect iptables log to another file.
Based upon my reading on the net, I did the following:
In my iptables rule, I have rules like:
iptables -A INPUT -s ... -j LOG --log-prefix "...
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Syslog cannot start
I run rsyslog on Ubuntu server.
after rsyslog starts, it restarts in a loop.
here is a piece of /var/log/syslog:
Aug 13 16:05:50 ip-10-92-237-215 rsyslogd: rsyslogd's groupid changed to 103
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how to get logs in DD/MM/YYYY format and ipaddress format using rsyslog in ubuntu
Feb 4 10:32:57 master sshd[2070]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Feb 4 10:32:59 master sshd[2070]: Received disconnect from 192.168.0.107: 11: disconnected by user
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Running a remote syslog server
I have a Mac dev machine configured to forward certain syslog entries to a remote syslog host. It's configured to forward them to my Ubuntu server. The Ubuntu server currently has rsyslog installed (...
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auth.log is empty (Ubuntu)
The /var/log/auth.log file in my Ubuntu 9.04 is empty. syslogd is running and /etc/syslog.conf content is as follows. Any help? Thanks.
# /etc/syslog.conf Configuration file for syslogd.
#
# ...
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Understading the output of syslogd -d
Ubuntu
What is the meanding of 80, F and X in the following output of syslogd -d?
0: X X X X FF X X X X X FF X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/log/auth.log (unused)
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