[syslog-ng]Re: iptables/netfilter and syslog-ng

Laurence J. Lane ljlane@nontoxic.org
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 09:13:13 -0500


On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 01:16:13PM +0100, Samuel Krempp wrote:

> For syslog-ng to receive kernel logs, you need to either add a source for
> /proc/kmsg, or (better) run klogd. (it's almost written in the
> documentation..)

Interesting.

> klogd is better because it translates the kernel logs using System.map.
 
> The trick, on my debian, is that installing the package syslog-ng removes
> sysklogd, which contained both the old syslog and klogd, so I simply copied
> by hand the klogd daemon in /usr/local/sbin..

Ah, syslog-ng vs. sysklogd in Debian is my problem.

Thanks.

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