iptables logging

aaz aaz@webcapacity.com
Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:10:21 -0600


piggybacking on Ronalds question, how do you specify the log file to log to
rather than everything going to messages?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com>
To: <netfilter@lists.samba.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 6:00 PM
Subject: iptables logging


>
> I am new to iptables, and I have a trivia question...
>
> Is there any easy way to arrange for the Linux iptables LOG target (or
> some other user-defined target) to log stuff to the syslog security.*
> facility, rather than to the kern.* facility?
>
> If so, I'd really like to do that.  It will make me a bit more comfortable
> as I administer both FreeBSD and Linux systems.  (On FreeBSD, firewall
> logging goes to the security.*/auth.* facility.)
>
>