iptables logging

Ronald F. Guilmette rfg@monkeys.com
Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:10:03 -0700


In message <02c301c1188c$069a0610$0200a8c0@SYSTEM>, you wrote:

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


Well, this is one that even I can answer...

The iptables logging messages are logged via the syslog daemon.

That daemon can be configured to send the log messages anywhere you want.

You need to read the man page for syslog.conf(5).