RE: Assigning a log file per remote IP

Hey Jackc,

I did - it all provides info on how to get the messages, which isn't my
problem. My problem is filtering them into their own log files...Unless
I am missing something really stupid ?

Thanks,

Pieter

-----Original Message-----
From: jackc [mailto:jcraig_at_brocade.com]
Sent: 2007/04/15 20:37
To: Pieter De Wit
Cc: infodrom-sysklogd_at_lists.infodrom.org
Subject: Re: Assigning a log file per remote IP

you might look at man syslog.conf, remote site logging, ...

hth, ...

Pieter De Wit wrote:
> Hello Guys,
>
> I am sorry if this was covered before, but the search function is not
> working so I can't check all the archives.
>
> I have a machine that I would like to run as a Syslog "server". I have

> changed the startup options to include -r and the devices are sending
> the log info to the server. I can see the info in my "all" log (in
> /etc/syslog.conf I have a line: *.* /var/log/all.log)
>
> Now - what I would like to do is have something like the following:
>
> All messages from 192.168.0.1 to go into /var/log/router.log All
> messages from 192.168.0.2 to go into /var/log/firewall.log All
> messages from 192.168.0.3 to go into /var/log/device.log
>
> etc etc etc
>
> Now everyone is saying that I must look at syslog-ng for this but I
> don't want to. There must be a way to get sysklogd to do this ? Yes ?
>
> Oh yes - I am running version : 1.4.2_pre20061230
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pieter De Wit
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