[syslog-ng] syslog-ng- filter() problem

[Jens Grigel]

On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 23:54, Kelly Pow wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to collect traps from these two networks.
> 66.163.79.0/255.255.255.128 and 64.251.65.224/255.255.255.240
> 
> I don’t understand why when I do this it doesn’t collect anything
> 
> Any ideas/.??

> source src{unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); pipe("/proc/kmsg"); };
> 

Hi,
seems that you are missing the udp() source statement. Make it:

source src { 	unix-stream("/dev/log"); 
		internal(); 
		pipe("/proc/kmsg"); 
		udp(); 
	};

This will make syslog-ng receive remote messages. Don't forget to open a
possible firewall for UDP Port 514.

HTH,
Jens

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