[Voyage-linux] Hi & sysklogd cuestion

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Hi all,

Solved the problem using:

1- parameter "-r" in /etc/default/syslog to force syslog to listen on UDP
2- Postprocessing /var/log/syslog to extract alerts referred to firewall

Regards

Jose

> Hi all,
>
> I'm brand new on the list and want to say hello first. My name is Jose
> from Madrid-Spain and really like Voyage linux since I discover it for
> an ALIX I bought a couple of years ago.
>
> I'm addressing you because I'm running voyage on two ALIX at home since
> a couple of years ago (aprox.) and a third one running pfsense and found
> a problem configuring syslog.
>
> I want one of the ALIX running Voyage (2D13 with a 2.5 HDD attached and
> without the ro on the HDD) to store my pfsense firewall syslog
> information. So, I just went to /etc/syslog.conf and added a line to
> test with logger first. The line at syslog.conf is
> "pfsense.*                       /var/log/pfsense" and stopped/started
> sysklogd.
>
> When i want to test it with logger, this is what I get:
>
> pong:/etc# logger -p pfsense.info "Prueba desde local"
> logger: unknown facility name: pfsense.
>
> I'd been googling aroun but found nothing conclusive. Could any one lend
> me a hand?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jose
>
>
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