[syslog-ng]Logging Remotely from Solaris to Linux Update

Andreas Schulze Andreas.Schulze@mediaWays.NET
Mon, 03 Jun 2002 19:14:25 +0200


Ron Braley wrote:
> 
> New problem:  We need to send logs from our Cisco 2511 access router
> and 6509 switch/router to the Linux log host, but it's not working.
> I've set logging facility and host from the Cisco devices, but they
> don't get logged on the log host.  Any ideas or advise?

We are logging more than 3.000 Cisco devices to syslog-ng with
no problems. Works great with the cisco defaults.
Running syslog-ng on Solaris 8. Try a snoop (or some equal. stuff)
to ensure, that your Cisco Logs arriving the syslog-ng server.

-- 
Best regards --Andreas Schulze
               [phone: +49.5246.80.1275, fax: +49.5246.80.2275]

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| The implication being that: "[...]"
|
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| EOT
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