Syslog - log events & errors from a remote device
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Setup syslog for remote logging
OK, this is not so advanced, but thought it might be useful to someone.
I just got a new router & it has the ability to log events & errors on a remote syslog.
So I poked around & got my LS to log the routers events; here's what I did.
Edit /etc/syslog.conf
Tell syslog to save local1 events to /var/log/local1.log. local1 is the facility at which my router outputs, your device might be level0 through to level7
Edit /etc/syslog.conf | Use TAB not spaces between WHAT_TO_LOG and WHERE_TO_LOG:
----------------------- /etc/syslog.conf ----------------------- local1.* /var/log/router.log *.info;cron.none;user.none;local1.none /var/log/messages cron.* /var/log/cron user.info /var/log/linkstation.log *.emerg * ----------------------------------------------------------------
Edit /etc/init.d/syslog | Only change the part SYSLOGD="-m 0"
Edit /etc/init.d/syslog.
So that syslog starts with -r remote loging switched on when the Linkstation is rebooted
----------------------- /etc/init.d/syslog --------------------- ... ... SYSLOGD="-r -m 0" ... ... ----------------------------------------------------------------
Restart syslog.
root@LINKSTATION:/etc/init.d# ./syslog restart
Job done, now all local1 events go to the file /var/log/router.log
More info - for fine tuning etc...
More info - for fine tuning etc can be found here and here
