April 2003 - syslog-ng - lists.balabit.hu

Filtering *out* logs
by Nicholas Bernstein 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

I get the line below, many, many times in my logs, and, really, it just clutters things up. I would like to filter this out. What is the best way to do this? I tried specifying the destination file as /dev/null, but it didn't seem to work. "wu-ftpd - TLS settings: control allow, client_cert allow, data allow" Any information would be appreciated. I took a look through all the example config files I could find, but didn't find a way to do it. TIA, Nick -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Nicholas Bernstein | nick(a)docmagic.com | | UNIX Systems Administrator | http://www.docmagic.com | | Document Systems Inc. | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+

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RE: [syslog-ng]Can't find syslog-ng
by Jan-Peter Koopmann 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hi Paul, > I assume you mean Red Hat Linux 8 here. No. FreeBSD and we are talking about /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf which is the correct file. > Hope this helps... Unfortunately not... :-) Regards, JP

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RE: [syslog-ng]Can't find syslog-ng
by Paul Mansmann 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

I assume you mean Red Hat Linux 8 here. On Red Hat Linux 8, this directory and file will be created in the /usr/local/etc directory. The easiest way to work around this little quirk is to create the directory /etc/syslog-ng and then make a link for syslog-ng.conf within that directory to the one under /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng. That way you don't spend an hour and a half editing the file under /etc/syslog-ng and pulling half your hair trying to figure out why it's not working right before remembering your editing the .conf file in the wrong location. Voice of experience here. :) Hope this helps... Paul -----Original Message----- From: Nica Smith [mailto:wanderlust27@lycos.com] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 6:06 PM To: syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu Subject: [syslog-ng]Can't find syslog-ng hi, i just installed syslog-ng in linux 8. instructions said that i should see the file syslog-ng.conf in folder /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf, but when i type locate syslog-ng, it is in my installation folder as well as my syslog-ng. did i installed it correctly? sorry, im just new with this. thanks, - wander _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html

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RE: [syslog-ng]Template configuration problem
by Paul Mansmann 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Try this: destination test { file("test" template("$ISODATE $HOST $MSG);\n" template_escape(yes) ); }; I don't guarantee this will work. If it doesn't I recommend playing around a bit with the placement of the semicolon and parentheses. I had a similar issue with a template function I was trying to use and had to try a few different syntax variations before I could make NG happy. -paul -----Original Message----- From: Jan-Peter Koopmann [mailto:Jan-Peter.Koopmann@seceidos.de] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:36 AM To: syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu Subject: [syslog-ng]Template configuration problem Hi, I am having serious trouble with templates. This is what I have in my syslog-ng.conf destination test { file ("test" template("$ISODATE $HOST $MSG\n") template_escape(yes) ); }; I always get a parse error in the template("$ISODATE $HOST $MSG\n") line. I am running the FreeBSD port of syslog-ng version 1.6.0rc1. What is the problem? I have these options set: options { long_hostnames(on); sync(0); use_time_recvd(yes); use_dns(yes); keep_hostname(no); chain_hostnames(no); use_fqdn(yes); gc_busy_threshold(768); time_reap(12); time_reopen(10); create_dirs(yes); }; Thanks, JP _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html

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RE: [syslog-ng]Can't find syslog-ng
by Paul Mansmann 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

I assume you mean Red Hat Linux 8 here. On Red Hat Linux 8, this directory and file will be created in the /usr/local/etc directory. The easiest way to work around this little quirk is to create the directory /etc/syslog-ng and then make a link for syslog-ng.conf within that directory to the one under /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng. That way you don't spend an hour and a half editing the file under /etc/syslog-ng and pulling half your hair trying to figure out why it's not working right before remembering your editing the .conf file in the wrong location. Voice of experience here. :) Hope this helps... Paul > hi, > > i just installed syslog-ng in linux 8. instructions said that i should > see the file syslog-ng.conf in folder /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf, but > when i type locate syslog-ng, it is in my installation folder as well as > my syslog-ng. did i installed it correctly? sorry, im just new with this. > > thanks, > > - wander

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Template configuration problem
by Jan-Peter Koopmann 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hi, I am having serious trouble with templates. This is what I have in my syslog-ng.conf destination test { file ("test" template("$ISODATE $HOST $MSG\n") template_escape(yes) ); }; I always get a parse error in the template("$ISODATE $HOST $MSG\n") line. I am running the FreeBSD port of syslog-ng version 1.6.0rc1. What is the problem? I have these options set: options { long_hostnames(on); sync(0); use_time_recvd(yes); use_dns(yes); keep_hostname(no); chain_hostnames(no); use_fqdn(yes); gc_busy_threshold(768); time_reap(12); time_reopen(10); create_dirs(yes); }; Thanks, JP

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Can't find syslog-ng
by Nica Smith 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

hi, i just installed syslog-ng in linux 8. instructions said that i should see the file syslog-ng.conf in folder /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf, but when i type locate syslog-ng, it is in my installation folder as well as my syslog-ng. did i installed it correctly? sorry, im just new with this. thanks, - wander _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus

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