[syslog-ng] syslog-ng not logging

[fico gid]

Hi Catenate,

>From the tcpdump i can see the packets coming into the syslog server
but apparently it is not sorting out properly. It goes to the default
directory differentiated by only date and not hostname.

What could be the problem ?

thanks
fico

On 9/26/05, catenate <infosec at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/26/05, fico gid <ficohertz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi there syslog gurus..
> >
> > Is the configuration below enough for me to log some of my routers ?
> > 157.0.1.1 is my syslog server and im suppose to get logs frm a few
> > routers. I have added appropriate logging commands on the routers to
> > log to the syslog server but i don't see anything. syslog-ng is
> > started and listening on both udp/tcp . Im running on freebsd
>
>  Ok so you verified that syslog-ng is still running? Good.
>
>  At a glance your configs look good, I'd want to check that the packets are
> really making it to the log server. Use tcpdump or something similar to
> check the network, and during troubleshooting I'd clear any packet filters
> on the FreeBSD host ("ipf -F a" or whatever you have to do on FreeBSD these
> days).
>
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