[syslog-ng] Reg; Syslog-ng does not recognize the audit facility

Scheidler, Balázs balazs.scheidler at balabit.com
Wed Jul 29 23:14:14 CEST 2015


It doesn't matter, the on wire format is the same. Syslog-ng on the server
prints the facility in debug mode.
On Jul 29, 2015 9:07 PM, "Justin Kala" <justinkala at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bazsi
>
> We do not have syslog-ng agents on the sending server side .Using the
> capabilities of syslog.conf only where I put the line " audit.notice
> @Syslog-NG-server "
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Scheidler, Balázs <
> balazs.scheidler at balabit.com> wrote:
>
>> Syslog-ng does have a private facility registry to make the codes more
>> portable accross OS-es.  It is in syslog-names.c in the lib/ directory. Can
>> you check if audit is listed there?
>>
>> If it's not feel free to submit  a patch to add that.
>>
>> Also, on a related note, if syslog-ng doesnt match by facility code, pls
>> confirm that the message was indeed submitted with the facility code you
>> are expecting. You can do that by looking at raw syslog traffic (using a
>> sniffer or merely looking at syslog-ng debug output). There you will see a
>> number in brackets as the first thing in a message.
>>
>> E.g.
>>
>> <55>date host msg
>>
>> There 55 equals to 8 times facility plus the severity level, in this
>> example 6*8+7, eg. Facility 6, severity 7.
>> Hope this helps.
>> Bazsi
>> On Jul 28, 2015 8:36 PM, "Evan Rempel" <erempel at uvic.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>  Then this needs to go back to whomever compiled the release of
>>> syslog-ng that you are using.
>>> Perhaps it was compiled on a different release of Solaris or something.
>>> Only the group that compiled the release can give you more answers.
>>>
>>> Evan.
>>>
>>> On 07/28/2015 11:08 AM, Justin Kala wrote:
>>>
>>>  I see AUDIT facility defined in /usr/include/sys/syslog.h on syslog-ng
>>> server side and the sending server as well.
>>>
>>>  #define LOG_KERN        (0<<3)  /* kernel messages */
>>> #define LOG_USER        (1<<3)  /* random user-level messages */
>>> #define LOG_MAIL        (2<<3)  /* mail system */
>>> #define LOG_DAEMON      (3<<3)  /* system daemons */
>>> #define LOG_AUTH        (4<<3)  /* security/authorization messages */
>>> #define LOG_SYSLOG      (5<<3)  /* messages generated internally by
>>> syslogd */
>>> #define LOG_LPR         (6<<3)  /* line printer subsystem */
>>> #define LOG_NEWS        (7<<3)  /* netnews subsystem */
>>> #define LOG_UUCP        (8<<3)  /* uucp subsystem */
>>> *#define LOG_AUDIT       (13<<3) /* audit subsystem */*
>>> #define LOG_CRON        (15<<3) /* cron/at subsystem */
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Evan Rempel <erempel at uvic.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Can you look at the syslog facility definitions
>>>>
>>>> /usr/include/sys/syslog.h
>>>>
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> /usr/include/syslog.h
>>>>
>>>> to see if audit is a defined facility?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 07/28/2015 09:32 AM, Justin Kala wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Evan..thanks for the reply but both sending and receiving servers
>>>> are same OS.. Solaris 10
>>>> On Jul 28, 2015 12:18 PM, "Evan Rempel" <erempel at uvic.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Well, that is probably because the host where syslog-ng was compiled
>>>>> is a different OS than that where the "audit" facility log line was created.
>>>>>
>>>>> For instance, on a Linux host, the syslog.h file from the system only
>>>>> has these facilities defined.
>>>>>
>>>>> CODE facilitynames[] =
>>>>>   {
>>>>>     { "auth", LOG_AUTH },
>>>>>     { "authpriv", LOG_AUTHPRIV },
>>>>>     { "cron", LOG_CRON },
>>>>>     { "daemon", LOG_DAEMON },
>>>>>     { "ftp", LOG_FTP },
>>>>>     { "kern", LOG_KERN },
>>>>>     { "lpr", LOG_LPR },
>>>>>     { "mail", LOG_MAIL },
>>>>>     { "mark", INTERNAL_MARK },          /* INTERNAL */
>>>>>     { "news", LOG_NEWS },
>>>>>     { "security", LOG_AUTH },           /* DEPRECATED */
>>>>>     { "syslog", LOG_SYSLOG },
>>>>>     { "user", LOG_USER },
>>>>>     { "uucp", LOG_UUCP },
>>>>>     { "local0", LOG_LOCAL0 },
>>>>>     { "local1", LOG_LOCAL1 },
>>>>>     { "local2", LOG_LOCAL2 },
>>>>>     { "local3", LOG_LOCAL3 },
>>>>>     { "local4", LOG_LOCAL4 },
>>>>>     { "local5", LOG_LOCAL5 },
>>>>>     { "local6", LOG_LOCAL6 },
>>>>>     { "local7", LOG_LOCAL7 },
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> with values of
>>>>>
>>>>> /* facility codes */
>>>>> #define LOG_KERN        (0<<3)  /* kernel messages */
>>>>> #define LOG_USER        (1<<3)  /* random user-level messages */
>>>>> #define LOG_MAIL        (2<<3)  /* mail system */
>>>>> #define LOG_DAEMON      (3<<3)  /* system daemons */
>>>>> #define LOG_AUTH        (4<<3)  /* security/authorization messages */
>>>>> #define LOG_SYSLOG      (5<<3)  /* messages generated internally by
>>>>> syslogd */
>>>>> #define LOG_LPR         (6<<3)  /* line printer subsystem */
>>>>> #define LOG_NEWS        (7<<3)  /* network news subsystem */
>>>>> #define LOG_UUCP        (8<<3)  /* UUCP subsystem */
>>>>> #define LOG_CRON        (9<<3)  /* clock daemon */
>>>>> #define LOG_AUTHPRIV    (10<<3) /* security/authorization messages
>>>>> (private) */
>>>>> #define LOG_FTP         (11<<3) /* ftp daemon */
>>>>>
>>>>>         /* other codes through 15 reserved for system use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL0      (16<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL1      (17<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL2      (18<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL3      (19<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL4      (20<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL5      (21<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL6      (22<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>> #define LOG_LOCAL7      (23<<3) /* reserved for local use */
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> so there is no audit facility.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that explains it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/28/2015 09:08 AM, Justin Kala wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>  Syslog-ng is unable to recognize the facility audit. When I put
>>>>> filter as audit and restart syslog-ng it errors out. When I put the
>>>>> facility code as 13 ,it does not error on restarting the service but does
>>>>> not capture the syslog message received through this filter code  13 as
>>>>> well.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Please advise.
>>>>> --
>>>>>  Kaladhar
>>>>>
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Evan Rempel                                      erempel at uvic.ca
>>>>> Senior Systems Administrator                        250.721.7691
>>>>> Data Centre Services, University Systems, University of Victoria
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Evan Rempel                                      erempel at uvic.ca
>>>> Senior Systems Administrator                        250.721.7691
>>>> Data Centre Services, University Systems, University of Victoria
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Kaladhar
>>>
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>>> Evan Rempel                                      erempel at uvic.ca
>>> Senior Systems Administrator                        250.721.7691
>>> Data Centre Services, University Systems, University of Victoria
>>>
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>
>
> --
> Kaladhar
>
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