[syslog-ng]Yet another question on filtering

John A. Parker jap54@cornell.edu
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:10:27 -0400


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I have yet another filtering question. On an AIX server using the 
syslog-ng.conf stanzas shown below, the only messages being logged to the 
d_cisco destination are those I know are coming in under facility local7. 
However, those same messages are also being logged to the d_all_ms 
destination which I think I'm filtering out. The filters seems correct and 
I am successfully using a similar "not" filter elsewhere (for local2 
messages). Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

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options { long_hostnames(off);
           use_fqdn(yes);
           log_fifo_size(1000);
           chain_hostnames(yes); };

source src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); };

destination d_all_ms
               { file("/logs/machine_specific/$HOST/all.$LEVEL.$YEAR$MONTH$DAY"
                 group(systems) perm(0664) dir_perm(0664) create_dirs(yes) );};

destination d_cisco
               { file("/logs/cisco/cisco.messages" group(systems) 
perm(0664) );};

# CISCO (local7) messages:
filter f_cisco { facility(local7); };

# NO CISCO (local7) messages:
filter f_no_cisco { not facility(local7); };

# Forward all messages to machine specific log monitored by system admins
log { source(src);
       filter(f_no_cisco);
       destination(d_all_ms);
     };

# Log all messages coming in on local7 facility to /logs/cisco/cisco.messages
log { source(src);
       filter(f_cisco);
       destination(d_cisco);
     };

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John A. Parker        Senior Programmer/Analyst - AIX      Cornell University
jap54@cornell.edu   607-255-9356  607-255-8521 (Fax) 
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I have yet another filtering question. On an AIX server using the
syslog-ng.conf stanzas shown below, the only messages being logged to the
d_cisco destination are those I know are coming in under facility local7.
However, those same messages are also being logged to the d_all_ms
destination which I think I'm filtering out. The filters seems correct
and I am successfully using a similar "not" filter elsewhere
(for local2 messages). Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!
 
#######################################################################################

options { long_hostnames(off);
          use_fqdn(yes);
          log_fifo_size(1000);
          chain_hostnames(yes); };
 
source src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); };
 
destination d_all_ms
              { file("/logs/machine_specific/$HOST/all.$LEVEL.$YEAR$MONTH$DAY"
                group(systems) perm(0664) dir_perm(0664) create_dirs(yes) );};
 
destination d_cisco
              { file("/logs/cisco/cisco.messages" group(systems) perm(0664) );};
 
# CISCO (local7) messages:
filter f_cisco { facility(local7); };
 
# NO CISCO (local7) messages:
filter f_no_cisco { not facility(local7); };
 
# Forward all messages to machine specific log monitored by system admins
log { source(src);
      filter(f_no_cisco);
      destination(d_all_ms);
    };
 
# Log all messages coming in on local7 facility to /logs/cisco/cisco.messages
log { source(src);
      filter(f_cisco);
      destination(d_cisco);
    };

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John A. Parker        Senior Programmer/Analyst - AIX      Cornell University
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