LOG Target Not Working

Andrew Meredith andrew@anvil.org
Thu, 19 Jul 2001 19:13:04 +0100


Ron wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I have setup my router with remote syslogd and after a few days... it
> actually works, running the logger program with a message will have that sent
> to my box. The only problem is that the packets that hit my LOG target don't
> get sent to my box via the syslogd... I have cat'd /proc/kmsg and they are in
> there... but they aren't getting sent via the syslogd... Can anyone help me?
> 
> Thanks
>
> Ron885

Is klogd running? (This is the prog that feeds kernel log entries into
syslogd.)

Given that it is, do you have an entry in /etc/syslog.conf that will put
this entry down onto disk or out to the remote logger?

Andy M

PS Sorry if you did this lot first, but you didn't mention them in your
mail.