Can I set the iptables use other file to log the drop packet ?

Derrik Pates dpates@dsdk12.net
Sun, 1 Jul 2001 22:06:20 -0600 (MDT)


On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Steven Foong wrote:

> 	As I know , we can use -l option to log the packet, but for my setting it
> will log to the /var/log/messages . Can I set it log to another files ?
> Hope to hear from you soon !

No, -l is a flag for ipchains, not iptables. With iptables, LOG is a
target unto itself. As for where it's logging to, try 'man syslog.conf'.

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